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
Geese in Chinese poetry a goose, stranded on a southern sandbar; then, the "descent" into exile begins with the poet/goose's arrival in the Xiaoxiang. Murck points out (71) that looking at the list holistically that it makes a form of regulated verse. Geese in Chinese poetry Geese (genus "Anser") are an important motif in Chinese poetry. Examples of goose imagery have an important place in Chinese poetry ranging from the "Shijing" and the "Chu Ci" poets through the poets of Han poetry and later poets of Tang poetry such as Li Bai, Wang Wei, Du Fu, and the Xiaoxiang poetry, especially in the poetry