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Clerihew

whimsical, four-line biographical poem invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley
Class type of: humorous poetry Q1100591

Facts

2 properties
Instance of
poetry genre
Subclass of
humorous poetry
🏷️ Also known as
en Clerihew he קלריהיו ja クレリヒュー ru Клерихью zh 克萊里休詩
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85026987
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/clerihew
Freebase ID
/m/020tc
Interlingual Index ID
i69998
J9U entity ID
987007283941205171
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID
gf2014026261
Quora topic ID
Clerihew
Yale LUX ID
concept/3e23ac7b-0f67-4fa2-8035-b692cc0f99e7

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Summary

Clerihew is a poetry genre[1]. Clerihew is a type of humorous poetry[2].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → poetry genre
    Subclass of → humorous poetry
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007283941205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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