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The following is the list of 244 poems attributed to Philip Larkin. Untitled poems are identified by their first lines and marked with an ellipsis.Completion dates are in the YYYY-MM-DD format, and are tagged "(best known date)" if the date is not definitive.
The poem was first published anonymously, in March 1809, and a second, expanded edition followed in 1809, with Byron identified as the author. The opening parodies the first satire of Juvenal. [citation needed] Byron had published his first book of poetry, Hours of Idleness, in 1807.
Dorothy Parker [5] (1893–1967) writer for Vanity Fair, Vogue and other magazines, playwright, and a close friend of Benchley, was known for her biting, satirical wit. Dieudonné M'bala M'bala [13] Eric Omondi [14] Erma Bombeck [15] (1927–1996) newspaper columnist and writer of 15 books who specialized in humorously describing midwestern ...
A clerihew (/ ˈ k l ɛr ɪ h j uː /) 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.
Historically, the mock-heroic style was popular in 17th-century Italy, and in the post-Restoration and Augustan periods in Great Britain.The earliest example of the form is the Batrachomyomachia ascribed to Homer by the Romans and parodying his work, but believed by most modern scholars to be the work of an anonymous poet in the time of Alexander the Great.
The Book of Dede Korkut; The pasquinades (satirical poems) glued to the Talking Statues of Rome. They still appear from time to time. The Key of Solomon; The Skibby Chronicle; La Farce de maître Pierre Pathelin; Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, published anonymously at the time, now considered likely to have been written by Francesco Colonna