A
clerihew is a humorous verse, rather similar to a
limerick form that generally uses the name of a well known person for one of its rhymes.
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Worked swiftly if not gently,
Tracking murderers down by a hidden clew
In whodunit and clerihew.
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley (who devised this form)
They give potted history on particular person, but they can also be about different subjects as well as in this example:
- The subject of Biography
Is different from Geography,
Geography is about maps;
And Biography is about chaps.
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