On this date 8 years ago, we were asked to write a Clerihew. I wrote several, which are below. You can also find a definition of the Clerihew there. Thanks for viewing this Blast from the Past!
It may be I will live to rue
the day I wrote each clerihew.
They may invite derisive snorts,
yet here they are with all their warts:The word is out that Geoffrey Chaucer
never bothered with a saucer,
for though he raised many a couplet,
he always held them fully uplet!
Some have charged Truman Capote
with writing that is too emotey.
but though he was no macho stud,
I know that he wrote in cold blood.A clerihew has the following properties:
- It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; it mostly pokes fun at famous people
- It has four lines of irregular length and metre (for comic effect)
- The rhyme structure is AABB; the subject matter and wording are often humorously contrived in order to achieve a rhyme, including the use of phrases in Latin, French and other non-English languages[2]
- The first line contains, and may consist solely of, the subject’s name.
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These are really cute poems. I’d never heard of this form but sound fun to try. Do they really have to be about something true about the person? 🙂
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total brilliance! Wit!
ann from cheyenne
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