Yesterday Clerihew Free Poetry Contest Details
| Sponsor | Nathan A. |
| Contest Name |
Yesterday Clerihew
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| Deadline | 12/19/2012 12:00:00 AM |
| Note From Sponsor | No updates yet... |
| Contest Description |
What to Submit? 1 original, poem on the theme of ......A clerihew that's been posted.......
DefinitionA Clerihew (or clerihew) is a very specific kind of short humorous verse, typically with the following properties: It is biographical and usually whimsical, showing the subject from an unusual point of view; but it is hardly ever satirical, abusive or obscene; It has four lines of irregular length (for comic effect); The first line consists solely (or almost solely) of a well-known person's name. ExampleSir Humphrey Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium. |
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