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nonsense verse

literary form; a form of nonsense literature usually employing strong prosodic elements
Class type of: humorous poetry, literary nonsense Q1494806

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2 properties
Instance of
poetry genre
Subclass of
humorous poetry, literary nonsense[2][3]
🏷️ Also known as
en nonsense verse en nonsensical verse ar شعر غث cs poezie nonsensu de Unsinnspoesie es poema sin sentido es poesía sin sentido fa جفنگیات he שירי איגיון hi बेतुकी कविता ja ナンセンス・ヴァース ja ナンセンス詩 ja ノンセンスバース ms Ayat karut nl Nonsenspoëzie ru стихи-бессмыслицы sv nonsenspoesi uk беззмістовий вірш zh 荒誕詩歌
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/8122
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/nonsense-verse
Freebase ID
/m/0mzcs
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
44054
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
nonsense-verse
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID
gf2014026455
NL CR AUT ID
ph124186
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007396418205171
Quora topic ID
Nonsense-Verse
SVKKL authority ID
0426837-poezie-nonsensu
Topic's main category
Category:Nonsense poetry

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Jabberwocky, The Hunting of the Snark
Subclass of 1
literary nonsense
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Summary

nonsense verse is a poetry genre[1].

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  1. 21w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → humorous poetry, literary nonsense
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Nonsense poetry
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ SVKKL authority ID: 0426837-poezie-nonsensu, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
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