The Clarihew is a four line poem with the rhyming scheme aa-bb where the first line is the name of the subject of a poem.
Examples:
BF Skinner
Found a way, a sure-fire winner
To condition a rodent, and that
Is like pulling a habit out of a rat
Lt. Col. Oliver North (retired)
Lied to congress and that got him fired.
His PROFS notes, he appeared to lose,
And now he's working for Fox News.
2007-07-26 08:11:55 · 5 answers · asked by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
There are no metrical requirements of a clarihew.
Can you write one?
2007-07-26 09:56:08 · update #1
This was the first clerihew written by Edmund
Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956). The English detective
story writer composed it while only a schoolboy:
Sir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium
and an original one by Kevin Sorbello:
Sir Walter Raleigh
Is remembered for his folly
Covering a puddle for his queen
Left him a cape he couldn't clean
...love
2007-07-29 20:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
limericks r even better.
ur clarihews r cute 2
2007-07-26 09:38:47 · answer #2 · answered by vulcan_m 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've never attempted one of these, but it didn't hinder my enjoyment of both of yours. They were very well done.
2007-07-26 09:33:15 · answer #3 · answered by Todd 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
hahahaha. That's funny.
2007-07-26 09:18:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anthony C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cleaver
2007-07-26 09:06:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋