Clerihew Clerihew A clerihew () is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person put in an absurd light, or revealing something unknown or spurious about them. The rhyme scheme is AABB, and the rhymes are often forced. The line length and metre are irregular. Bentley invented the clerihew in school and then popularized it in books. One of his best known is this (1905): A clerihew has the following properties: Clerihews are not satirical or abusive, but they target famous individuals and reposition them
The Poetry Cloud should compliment each other; that both are useful. This is also reflected in the conclusion of the story; how technology cannot capture the essence of poetry. Another idea that is espoused by Liu is that there are too many creative constraints in Chinese science fiction. This is shown in a paragraph where Li Bai dismisses eliminating poems that do not follow classic Chinese prosody. "The Poetry Cloud" is held in high regard by readers. The Poetry Cloud "The Poetry Cloud" (Chinese: 詩雲, Pinyin: "Shi yun") is a short story written by Liu Cixin in 1997. It was published in the