Wednesday 23 May 2018

Theme: Poems, Rhymes and Limericks…


Collagic illustrations required inspired by your favourite verses - including some of your own.

Perhaps a Clerihew?

A clerihew is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown or spurious about them. 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.

More details here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew

all the best with this test - Ron

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