CLERIHEW CONTEST. CNV announces a clerihew contest, with the best examples to be published in this newsletter.
Source: wiktionary
Clerihew
//ˈklɛɹɨˌhjuː//
Synonyms for "clerihew" (26 found)
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10 translations across 8 languages.
Chinese
1 entries- 克萊里休詩 /克莱里休诗 noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
Dutch
1 entries- clerihew noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
Finnish
1 entries- clerihew noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
German
1 entries- Clerihew noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
Hungarian
1 entries- bökvers noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
Japanese
3 entries- クレリヒュー noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
- 人物四行詩 noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
- 風刺四行詩 noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕ್ಲೇರಿಹ್ಯೂ noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
Polish
1 entries- clerihew noun (rhyme of four lines, usually regarding a person)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
He [Peter Warlock] was the writer of brilliant limericks and clerihews and had a fine line in barbed invective.
Source: wiktionary
A clerihew must contain the subject's name in the first line, be four lines in length, consist of two sets of rhyming couplets, have third and fourth lines longer than the first and second, and take a whimsical rather than cynical view of its subject.
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Among other clerihew writers one can find the name of J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, the author of The Hobbit and the most famous at present trilogy The Lord of the Ring[s] widely read and enjoyed by adults and children alike.
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