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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1727076" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>National Clerihew Day</p><p></p><p>July 10 of each year celebrates National Clerihew Day in the United States. Invented by Edmund Clerihew Bently, a <strong>clerihew</strong> is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem.</p><p></p><p>In the year 1905, Bently wrote one of his best known which is:</p><p></p><p> Sir Christopher Wren</p><p>Said, “I am going to dine with some men</p><p>If anyone calls</p><p>Say I am designing St. Paul’s.</p><p></p><p></p><p>“A clerihew has the following properties:</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; it pokes fun at mostly famous people</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It has four lines of irregular length and metre (for comic effect)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The rhyme structure is AABB; the subject matter and wording are often humorously contrived in order to achieve a rhyme, including the use of phrases in Latin, French and other non-English languages<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew#cite_note-2" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew#cite_note-2</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The first line contains, and may consist solely of, the subject’s name.”<br /> <em> (Wikipedia)</em></li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1727076, member: 1246"] National Clerihew Day July 10 of each year celebrates National Clerihew Day in the United States. Invented by Edmund Clerihew Bently, a [B]clerihew[/B] is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem. In the year 1905, Bently wrote one of his best known which is: Sir Christopher Wren Said, “I am going to dine with some men If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul’s. “A clerihew has the following properties: [LIST] [*]It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; it pokes fun at mostly famous people [*]It has four lines of irregular length and metre (for comic effect) [*]The rhyme structure is AABB; the subject matter and wording are often humorously contrived in order to achieve a rhyme, including the use of phrases in Latin, French and other non-English languages[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew#cite_note-2'][/URL] [*]The first line contains, and may consist solely of, the subject’s name.” [I] (Wikipedia)[/I] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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