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Post by ZandraJoi on Dec 6, 2023 20:43:07 GMT -5
Per Clerihew Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew “A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject. The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. The line length and metre are irregular. Bentley invented the clerihew in school and then popularized it in books. One of his best known is this (1905): Sir Christopher Wren Said, "I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St Paul's."” Have any of you tried your hand at it? Whenever I wrote poems, I had 4 lines with the 2nd & 4th line rhyming. kyng I thought of your contests you have in your forum
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