clerihew
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A short funny poem of four lines made as two rhyming pairs about a famous person
- noun
- /ˈklɛrɪhu/
- Literature
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clerihew
- His clerihew made everyone in the audience laugh at the award ceremony.
Examples
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She wrote a clerihew about her favorite scientist for English class.
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Many students tried composing a clerihew as part of their poetry assignment.
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I wrote a funny clerihew about Albert Einstein.
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Have you ever read a clerihew?
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A clerihew about Albert Einstein is both funny and insightful.
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He wrote a clever clerihew honoring Marie Curie for the school contest.
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Her teacher asked her to write a clerihew about a famous scientist.
Synonyms
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8.0
A short clever saying or poem that makes a witty point
is a fixed two couplet humorous poem about a famous person
How Humorous
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word clerihew is named after the writer Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who as a boy invented a playful four-line poem to tease famous people. So a clerihew is a 'short, funny poem' of four lines that often makes fun of or jokes about a well-known person.