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Clerihew

This structure takes it’s formation from Edmund Clerihew Bently who put these rules together in a simple four line construction of poetry .
A witty or humorous content with the theme on a biographical subject.

A Clerihew poem is a four-line humorous rhyming poem.
The following rules must apply:

Line 1 Famous person or place
Lines 2,3,4 Tell about that person or place
Lines 1,2 Rhyme together
Lines 3,4 Rhyme together

The People of Spain Think Cervantes

The people of Spain think Cervantes

Equal to half-a-dozen Dantes;

An opinion resented most bitterly

By the people of Italy.

E. Clerihew Bentley