Clerihew the same work, published in 1925, included a "Preface to the New Edition" in 11 stanzas, each in clerihew form. One stanza ran: 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
1704 in poetry link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article: 1704 in poetry Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). -- From William Shippen's, "Faction Display'd", the work of a Tory poet on the powerful Whig publisher Jacob Tonson ("Bibliopolo", or "book-seller") whose series of anthologies, known as "Dryden's Miscellanies" or "Tonson's Miscellanies" used the work of poets paid at low rates to create profitable income for Tonson and, sometimes, recognition and fame for the poets. Shippen incorporated three lines (in