Directory of Clerihew Resources

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The clerihew consists of two non-metrical couplets. The lines can be of uneven length, usually short, although the fourth line is often longer than the others. Clerihews are biographical, with the name of the subject often ending the first line. The form was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (hence the name), with some help from G.K. Chesterton.

Resources in This Category

• Clerihew Poems

  http://www.poetpatriot.com/poems-clerihews.htm
  Political Clerihews (not all adhering to the form) from a conservative point of view. By Roger W. Hancock, who calls himself the PoetPatriot.

• Clerihews at Verse

  http://verse.org.uk/
  Clerihews to mark important events and newsworthy people in the United Kingdom.

• Clerihews from "Biography for Beginners"

  http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/bentley1.html#1
  By English journalist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the inventor of the form.

• Clerihews on the Romantic-Period Women Poets

  http://www.umsl.edu/~sweetn/swetcler.htm
  By Nanora Sweet.

• How to Write a Clerihew

  http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclassdetail.aspx?LessonPlanID=19
  Giggle Poetry provides an overview of rules and examples for writing Clerihew poetry.

• Philosophical Clerihews

  http://homes.chass.utoronto.ca/~sousa/CLERIHEWS.html
  A small selection of clerihews by Ronald de Sousa.

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