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- 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...
- 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...
- light verse competitions as part of its Style Invitational Alla barnen Clerihew Double dactyl Epigram Limerick McWhirtle Michael Braude Award for Light...
- Poetry portal Chastushka – Short Russian or Ukrainian humorous folk song Clerihew – Whimsical, four-line biographical poem Double dactyl – Fixed verse form...
- Trent's Last Case 1st edition Author Edmund Clerihew Bentley Language English Genre Mystery, detective fiction Publisher Nelson Publication date 1913 Publication...
- least some formal conventions. Common forms include the limerick, the clerihew, and the double dactyl. While light poetry is sometimes condemned as doggerel...
- Academic Graffiti (1971), the poet W.H. Auden memorialized Xanthippe in a clerihew: Whenever Xantippe Wasn't feeling too chippy, She would bawl at Socrates:...
- some men. If anyone calls, Say I'm designing Saint Paul's." A clerihew by Edmund Clerihew Bentley In designing St Paul's, Christopher Wren had to meet...