Definition of Clerihew. Meaning of Clerihew. Synonyms of Clerihew

- A clerihew (/ˈklɛrɪhjuː/) is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the...
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley (10 July 1875 – 30 March 1956), who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley or E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist...
- Edmund Clerihew Bentley (inventor of the clerihew verse form), he was given the name Nicholas, but opted to change the spelling. Nicholas Clerihew Bentley...
- least some formal conventions. Common forms include the limerick, the clerihew, and the double dactyl. While light poetry is sometimes condemned as doggerel...
- the "Clerihew Store", a device for drying coffee beans, for which he received the Isis Gold Medal. Clerihew was born in Aberdeen, to George Clerihew, builder...
- Trent's Last Case 1st edition Author Edmund Clerihew Bentley Language English Genre Mystery, detective fiction Publisher Nelson Publication date 1913 Publication...
- schooldays was Edmund Clerihew Bentley, inventor of the clerihew, a whimsical four-line biographical poem. Chesterton himself wrote clerihews and illustrated...
- William Clerihew (apparently named in tribute to Edmund Clerihew Bentley): the short story "Tokay of the Comet Year" (1930) and the novel Mr. Clerihew, Wine...
- Poetry portal Chastushka – Short Russian or Ukrainian humorous folk song Clerihew – Whimsical, four-line biographical poem Double dactyl – Fixed verse form...
- offered Welles the part of the victim in Trent's Last Case, based on Edmund Clerihew Bentley's novel. In 1953, the BBC hired Welles to read an hour of selections...