Aug 14, 2010

The Clerihew

The biocomic verse commonly known as the clerihew derived its name from Edmund Clerihew Bentley, an English author, who wrote an anthology by that title in 1906.
A clerihew consists of two couplets of differing rhymes and rhythms with the opening line citing the subject's name and the remaining three lines describing his or her attributes. The subject is often a famous person, but it's also a lot of fun to write this poem about random people that you know :D

Here's one I wrote about E.C. Bently himself:

Edmund Clerihew Bentley,
MUST HAVE thought intently,
The clerihew is what he cooked up,
So let us toast our champagne cup!


Also, for help finding words that rhyme in any poetry writing you attempt, check out this website:
RhymeZone.com
It's a online dictionary of rhyming words! Have fun, y'all!

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