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Kenn Nesbitt. Kenn Nesbitt (born February 20, 1962)in Berkeley, California. He grew up in Fresno and San Diego and attended National University in San Diego, also done education with Mission bay high school , Le Jolla High school and kirk elementary school is an American children's poet. [1][2][3] On June 11, 2013, he was named Children's Poet ...
Limerick (poetry) A limerick (/ ˈlɪmərɪk / LIM-ər-ik) [1] is a form of verse that appeared in England in the early years of the 18th century. [2] In combination with a refrain, it forms a limerick song, a traditional humorous drinking song often with obscene verses. It is written in five-line, predominantly anapestic and amphibrach [3 ...
You Are Old, Father William. " You Are Old, Father William " is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in his 1865 book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is recited by Alice in Chapter 5, "Advice from a Caterpillar" (Chapter 3 in the original manuscript). Alice informs the Caterpillar that she has previously tried to repeat "How Doth the ...
Clerihew. A clerihew (/ ˈklɛrɪhjuː /) is a whimsical, four-line biographical poem of a type invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley. The first line is the name of the poem's subject, usually a famous person, and the remainder puts the subject in an absurd light or reveals something unknown or spurious about the subject.
"Casabianca" is a poem by the English poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans, first published in The Monthly Magazine, Vol 2, August 1826. [1] The poem starts: The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. It is written in ballad meter with the rhyme scheme ABAB. It is ...
Category:Humorous poets. Category. : Humorous poets. A category for poets whose verse is meant to be humorous.
Revolting Rhymes is a 1982 poetry collection by British author Roald Dahl.Originally published under the title Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes, it is a parody of traditional folk tales in verse, where Dahl gives a re-interpretation of six well-known fairy tales, featuring surprise endings in place of the traditional happily-ever-after finishes.
How Doth the Little Crocodile. " How Doth the Little Crocodile " is a poem by Lewis Carroll that appears in chapter 2 of his 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice recites it while attempting to recall "Against Idleness and Mischief" by Isaac Watts. It describes a crafty crocodile that lures fish into its mouth with a welcoming smile.