Lincolnshire Yellowbelly Clerihew; Clerihew Tutorial
Paul Rance,
Just by chance,
Fell over the telly -
And emerged as a yellowbelly.
Just by chance,
Fell over the telly -
And emerged as a yellowbelly.
Brief Clerihew Tutorial: The clerihew was invented by Eric Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956). A clerihew is a quatrain with lines of irregular length, normally a humorous take on a person, and has an aabb rhyme scheme. The last two lines are normally longer than the first two. The first line normally just includes the person's name. The rhymes are often contrived, which is okay!
Lincolnshire Yellowbelly - All You Need to Know
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21 Comments
Post a CommentLove your clerihews!!!!
Ah HA! At last the meaning of clerihew becomes clear. Guess I coulda looked here long ago! Sorry to be so late to the party, Paul... ; )
Hey it is something new I can do that is not another haiku!
Very educational!
I had a Literature professor once upon a time who mentioned this form. I had completely forgotten about this! Thank you for the refresher!
Interesting never heard of that before.
Clever!
Never heard about this particular rhyme scheme. Interesting.
very interesting!There's so much for me to learn yet!
Great rhyme on this style of poetry.