| General Poetry posted December 27, 2018 |
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A clerihew poem
Elf on the Shelf
by judester
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Clerihew Poetry Contest writing prompt entry
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Writing Prompt Clerihew A Clerihew is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme, aabb invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16. The poem is about/deals with a person/character within the first rhyme. In most cases, the first line names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person. One of the most remembered Clerihew from Bentley's collection is: Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. Example #1 Garfield the cat On his rear he sat. Eating lasagna galore All about the decor. Copyright © 2000 James & Marie Summers Example #2 The Road Runner always almost a goner; when attacked in manner dread, Wile E. suffers intended fate instead .... Copyright © 2004 Alan McAlpine Douglas Example #3 Star Trek's frowning Klingon Worf challenges a squeamish metamorph to eating a wormlike gagh dinner; Worf of course was the winner! Copyright © 2004 Diana Dalton Example #4 Corporal Klinger, M.A.S.H.'s best ringer in dress, heels and sneer, won "Kook of the Year." Copyright © 2004 James Dean Chase |
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