example of whigmaleerie www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/wullie-waggletail/
Tribute to William Soutar 1898-1943 A Perthshire Lad William Soutar William S* showed a poetic voice the quatrain form,his choice he named a whigmaleerie became a lasting legacy Wiliam Soutar famed for his 119 American cinquains(which he labelled epigrams) also wrote whigmaleeries for children . In dialect and lyric William’s poetry soon found fame. Whims and fanciful notions these whigmaleerie were known. Less popular yet, equally unique verse in English, oh so terse. This genre , American cinquain consolidated a reputation,once again. Grew to manhood on the river Tay, Writing poems ,most every day; Cinquains,epigrams, whigmaleerie- & His diary of a dying man,left Telling observations, for all to see.
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