Thanks to Freakonomics Blog for pointing out that today July 10 is Clerihew Day, marking the birth date in 1875 of Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the British writer who invented a four-line rhyming verse, usually biographical in nature and resembling a limerick, that came to be known as a “clerihew.”
What has that got to do with economics? I dunno. What has it got to do with sailing either? If Joe can blog about Fish on Fridays and Carol Anne can write about cats then I can ramble on about clerihews.
Where was ? Where am I? Oh yes. Clerihews.
According to Word Daze…
The clerihew is a biographical form that begins with the subject’s name (or at least contains the name in the first line). It is made up of two rhyming couplets (thus the rhyme scheme is AABB). The only other requirement of the form is that it should be light hearted or humorous.
Here are a couple of examples of Bentley’s clerihews:
Sir Humphrey Davy
detested gravy
He lived in the Odium
Of having discovered Sodium.
Edward the Confessor
Slept under the dresser.
When that began to pall,
He slept in the hall.
So today’s challenge is to write a clerihew about yourself. Publish it on your blog and email me about it and I will post a link. Or email the clerihew to me and I will post it here. Or just post it in the comments.
Here’s my contribution…
Tillerman
Once had a plan
To blog about sailing,
Too bad that he’s failing.
Original post by Tillerman and software by Elliott Back
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