Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A clerihew is a humorous verse, rather similar to a limerick form that generally uses the name of a well known person for one of its rhymes. Edmund Clerihew Bentley Worked swiftly if not gently, Tracking murderers down by a hidden clew In whodunit and clerihew. Edmund Clerihew Bentley (who devised this form) or Sir Karl Popper Perpetrated a whopper When he boasted to the world that he and he alone Had toppled Rudolf Carnap from his Vienna Circle throne. by Armand T. Ringer They may give potted history on a particular person, but they can also be about different subjects as well as in this example: The subject of Biography Is different from Geography, Geography is about maps; And Biography is about chaps. External Links How to write a Clerihew poem This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.