21. Clerihews In The News It s a bit of rhyming doggerel invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (18751956). ECBentley Did not go gently Into that good night But after this, he might! http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/wordgame/wg825.htm

CLERIHEWS IN THE NEWS This contest is now closed. But enjoy! (Click here to go directly to the winning entries.) W hat's a clerihew? It's a bit of rhyming doggerel invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956). In its traditional form, it's a four-line verse made up of two rhyming couplets, and its purpose is to offer a satiric or ridiculous biography of a famous person. Here are three of Bentley's own clerihews: Sir Humphrey Davy Detested gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. George the Third Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder. Sir Christopher Wren Said, "I'm going to dine with some men. If anyone calls, Say I'm designing St. Paul's." You may have noticed that the meter in these examples is irregular. It's *supposed* to be, see, for comic effectwhich is good news for all us metrical klutzes! In a clerihew, all notions of scansion are gleefully torpedoed! Now, we want you to submit an original clerihew in the traditional style, but we want you to concentrate on a more up-to-date celebrity. Let's limit our subjects to people who've been in the news from, say, 1975 to the present. We won't be too strict about this. But we'd like these clerihews to be topical. For example: Tom Hanks Has accounts in fifty banks.

22. Clerihews In T-town is a bit of rhyming doggerel invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (18751956). -ECand HR. Of letters from people who quite evidently Thought they were Bentley. http://www.theatlantic.com/unbound/wordgame/wg404.htm

Enjoy a biweekly test of verbal tomfoolery. WWW fame is at stake! Confused? Read all about Word Games in this brief introduction . Brought to you by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon, the creators of The Atlantic Puzzler. Clerihews in T-town This contest is now closed. But enjoy! (Click here to go directly to the winning entries.) Y es, it's clerihew time again at The Atlantic Monthly and this year we're going Hollywood! But first, a refresher course: The clerihew is a bit of rhyming doggerel invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956). Traditionally, it's a four-line verse made up of two rhyming couplets, with meter intentionally (often ridiculously) irregular. Its purpose is to offer a satiric or absurd biography of a famous person. Here are three of Bentley's own concoctions: Sir Humphrey Davy Detested gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. George the Third Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder. Sir Christopher Wren Said, "I'm going to dine with some men.

23. Untitled Document EC Bentley. EC Bentley 18751956 Edmund Clerihew Bentley was bornin Shepherd s Bush, London. In 1887 he entered St. Paul s School http://kml.uindy.edu/shirley/springterm04/ECBENTLEY/ecbentley.htm

E. C. Bentley E.C. Bentley Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born in Shepherd's Bush, London. In 1887 he entered St. Paul's School where he struck up the most important and enduring aquaintanceship of his life, with G.K. Chesterton. They were members of the school's Junior Debating Club, and contributed essays and poems to the Debater, the club's journal. Bentley invented a new sort of limerick, the 'clerihew'. After St. Paul's, Bentley went to Merton College, Oxford where he studied classics. After Oxford, he studied law but quickly abandoned it in favour of journalism. From 1911 until 1934 he worked for the Daily Telegraph. In 1902, he married Violet Boileau with whom he had two sons. His first crime novel was published in 1913 which was an immediate success. The public however had to wait for more than twenty years for his second crime novel. The Art of Biography Is different from Geography. Geography is about Maps, But Biography is about Chaps Sir Humphry Davy Abominated gravy.

24. Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated Gravy Edmund Clerihew Bentley (18751956) wrote detective fiction, and at the age of 16,I EC Bentley Mused while he ought to have studied intently; It was this muse http://www.schoenml.org/112fp/clerihew.htm

These pages contain three sonnets with links to worksheet about them. (The last is a link to some basic information about sonnets.) Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. A Clerihew by E. Clerihew Bentley, age 16, in science class Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) wrote detective fiction, and at the age of 16, I imagine a bit bored in school, developed the verse form named after him - the clerihew. G. K. Chesterton, Bentley's friend from childhood, helps popularize the form. Bentley collected Clerihews into his 1905 Biography For Beginners, (illustrated by Chesterton) in which he explained the concept of the book with a Clerihew variant: The Art of Biography Is different from Geography. Geography is about Maps, But Biography is about Chaps. Following this publication, CLERIHEW became a recognized form of verse. Because it uses a proper name at the end of the first line (or sometimes second), it is pseudo-biographical, usually with the emphasis on the "pseudo. " Michael Curl offers this Clerihew on the form's inventor: E. C. Bentley

25. Guide To Verse Forms - Fun Forms Her tastes ran to rabbits. The clerihew was invented by EC Bentley (18751956), anEnglish journalist and novelist whose initials stood for Edmund Clerihew . http://www.noggs.dsl.pipex.com/vf/fun.htm

Fun forms This page is a refuge for verse forms, most of them short, which are purely for entertainment, with no artistic pretensions. Clerihew Limerick Rondelet Ruthless Rhyme Clerihew The clerihew consists of two rhyming couplets which purport to sum up the life and works of a famous person. Exaggeration, wilful misunderstanding, and even complete fabrication or character assassination, are permitted, and perhaps encouraged. The first line is always the person's name. Try these: Alfred Sisley Painted when it was drizzly. He suffered critics' strictures For the streaks on his pictures. Beatrix Potter Was certainly not a Girl of orthodox habits. Her tastes ran to rabbits. The clerihew was invented by E C Bentley (1875-1956), an English journalist and novelist whose initials stood for "Edmund Clerihew". He also wrote a ground-breaking detective novel called Trent's Last Case. Ogden Nash wrote a lot of delightful animal poems in a form very like the clerihew, though he usually had more in the first line than just the name of the species. It's tempting to sneak in a few of Mr Nash's gems, but in keeping with the policy of the site, here are a couple of my own efforts: The Rorqual The rorqual Swims without a snorkel. Though it fishes with skill It can only catch krill.

26. Encyclopedia4U - Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Encyclopedia Article EC Bentley (18751956), who is now best remembered as the inventor of the clerihew,was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century. http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/e/edmund-clerihew-bentley.html

ENCYCLOPEDIA U com Lists of articles by category ... Encyclopedia Home Page SEARCH : Edmund Clerihew Bentley E. C. Bentley (1875-1956), who is now best remembered as the inventor of the clerihew , was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century. Born in London in , Bentley worked as a journalist on several newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph . His detective novel, Trent's Last Case (1913), was much praised, numbering Dorothy L. Sayers among its admirers. The success of the work inspired him, after only 23 years, to write a sequel, Trent's Own Case (1936). Several of his books have recently been reprinted by House of Stratus Bentley died in Content on this web site is provided for informational purposes only. We accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by any person resulting from information published on this site. We encourage you to verify any critical information with the relevant authorities. Privacy This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article " Edmund Clerihew Bentley

27. Light Verse Hall Of Fame: Light Verse Resource Center EC Bentley (Edmund Clerihew Bentley) (18751956) inventor of the clerihew. MorrisBishop (1893-1973) often anthologized writer of an abundance of funny verse. http://www.ddaze.com/04LVResource/HallofFame.htm

Light Versers Hall of Fame A lot wonderful light verse has been written by poets known for writing other kinds of poetry, including Lord Byron, A. E. Housman, Alexander Pope, and others. The list below concentrates on writers the bulk of whose work was light, or who are remembered primarily for that. Quotes, poems, and biographies of hall of famers abound on the web. Certain special sites are linked on our Light Verse Links page. Richard Armour (1906-89) prolific writer of deft comic poems (including a famous quatrain often attributed to Nash: "Shake and shake/The catsup bottle./None will come,/And then a lot’ll.") Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) writer of popular comic poems, many of which purport to illustrate moral lessons E.C. Bentley (Edmund Clerihew Bentley) (1875-1956) inventor of the clerihew Morris Bishop (1893-1973) often anthologized writer of an abundance of funny verse Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson) (1832-1898) writer of parodies and nonsense poems, many of the most well-known of which appear in his popular children's books

28. Records For Private Investigators England Fiction. (in Bentley, EC (Edmund Clerihew), 18751956. Trent s last case / EC Bentley ; introducedby Chris Baldick. Oxford, UK ; New York Oxford University Press, 1995. http://www.ccpl.org/MARION/@PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS ENGLAND FICTION/7faf10006000/0

29. Index Translate this page 1943 Gutenberg Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 Gutenberg Benson, EF (Edward Frederic),1867-1940 Gutenberg Bentley, EC (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956 Gutenberg Benton http://www.elbooks.sk/angautB.html

Anglický autor pís. B Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871 Gutenberg Bacheller, Irving, 1859-1950. Gutenberg Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 Gutenberg Bacon, John Mackenzie, 1846-1904 Gutenberg Badger, Joseph E., Jr, 1848- Gutenberg Baker, Ray Stannard, 1870-1946 AKA: Grayson, David, 1870-1946, Gutenberg Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893 Gutenberg Ball, Hugo, 1886-1927 Gutenberg Ball, Robert S. (Robert Stawell), Sir, 1840-1913 Gutenberg Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael), 1825-1894 Gutenberg Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850 Gutenberg Bamford, Mary E. (Mary Ellen) Gutenberg Bancroft, Elizabeth Davis, 1803-1886 Gutenberg Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918 Gutenberg Bangs, John Kendrick, 1862-1922 Gutenberg Bannerman, Helen, 1862-1946 Gutenberg Barber, H. (Horatio), 1875- Gutenberg Barber, Margaret Fairless, 1869-1901 AKA: Fairless, Michael, 1869-1901 Gutenberg Barbour, A. Maynard (Anna Maynard) Gutenberg Barclay, Florence L. (Florence Louisa), 1862-1921 Gutenberg Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945 Gutenberg Barker, Nettie Garmer Gutenberg Barr, Amelia E., Edith Huddleston, 1831-1919 Gutenberg Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937

30. Richard's Photo Gallery - Windsor George the Third Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder Atso grotesque a blunder. EC.Bentley (18751956). Date 1995 June 22nd. http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Clarke/Pics/Berks/Windsor/

Richard's Photo Gallery - Windsor Location Berkshire/Surrey border Date 1995 June 22nd. Lens 50mm F1.8, pl.filt. Expose Windsor Great Park is approximately 6km long by 4km wide and provides as much peace and quiet as you will find anywhere this close to Heathrow Airport. Good views are obtained overlooking Virginia Water, or here by the Duke of Cumberland's obelisk. Location Windsor Great Park Date 1995 April 27th. Lens 50mm F1.8, pl.filt. Expose Film Kodak Gold 200 They don't build statues like this (by Richard Westmacott) anymore. Check out the view down the Long Walk to Windsor Castle from here. George the Third Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder. E.C.Bentley (1875-1956) Date 1995 June 22nd. Lens 50mm F1.8, pl.filt. Expose Admission is free to most parts of it but there is a charge for the Savill Garden . Largely the work of Eric Savill (d1980), there is something to see here all year round. Pride of place goes to the Rhododendrons, Camellias and the Temperate House (above).

31. Richard's Photo Gallery - Selbourne Dinnertime? said Gilbert White, Yes, yes - certainly - all right. Just let mefinish this note about the Lesser White-bellied Stoat EC.Bentley (1875-1956). http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Clarke/Pics/Hants/Selbourne/

Richard's Photo Gallery - Selbourne As I was coming into this village, I observed to a farmer standing at his gateway that people ought to be happy here, ... William Cobbet, Rural Rides Location Selbourne, Hampshire, GU34 3JH Lens 50mm f1.8 @ f11, +pl filt. Expose Date 1996 September 25th. The Wakes Museum was originally the home of the pioneering naturalist the Rev. Gilbert White (1720-1793). His book, is still influential. 'Dinner-time?' said Gilbert White, 'Yes, yes - certainly - all right. Just let me finish this note about the Lesser White-bellied Stoat' E.C.Bentley (1875-1956) Location Selbourne, Hampshire Lens 50mm f1.8, +pl filt. Expose Date 1996 September 25th. Another type of influence may be purchased across the road. Other pics ] [Richard's Home page E-mail: R.Clarke@surrey.ac.uk Last modified: 1999 August 21st.

32. Ocean City Public Author, Bentley, EC (Edmund Clerihew), 18751956. Title, Trent s last case 5tapes. Pub info, Newport Beach, CA Books on Tape p2001. LOCATION, CALL , STATUS. http://catalog.oceancitylibrary.org:90/kids/0,10,33,133/search/a?Bentley, E. C.

33. ÑÀÀØ "Ìàðèíà" Clerihews. Clerihews are short funny poems invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley(18751956). At so grotesque a blunder. E. Clerihew Bentley. EC Bentley. http://www.saasmar.ru/russian/resource/english/7/projects/clerihews.html

Clerihews Clerihews are short funny poems invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956). They have four lines, which do not have to be of the same length. The first two lines have to rhyme — so do the last two (AABB). The first line has to contain the name of a person. Bentley is said to have designed the form during a boring chemistry lesson. Sir Christopher Wren Said, 'I'm going to dine with some men. If anybody calls Say I'm designing St Paul's.' E. Clerihew Bentley Geoffrey Chaucer Always drank out of a saucer. He said it made him feel such an ass To drink out of a glass. E. Clerihew Bentley Jonathan Swift Never went up in a lift; Nor did the author of Robinson Crusoe Do so. E. Clerihew Bentley The people of Spain think Cervantes Equal to a dozen Dantes; An opinion resented most bitterly By the people of Italy. E. Clerihew Bentley George the Third Ought never to have occurred. One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder. E. Clerihew Bentley E.C. Bentley Mused while he ought to have studied intently.

34. }‘Ú×î•ñ , Berkeley, Anthony, 18931971. Bentley, EC (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956.Mason, AEW (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948. Cerf, Bennett, 1898-1971. http://opac.lib.kobe-u.ac.jp/cgi-bin/opac/books-query?mode=0&key=&code=21582511

35. Alibris: Henry Taylor indulged so thoroughly in clerihews, those miniature (and often outrageously fictional)biographies invented just over 100 years ago by EC Bentley (18751956). http://www.alibris.com/search/books/author/henry taylor

You'll find it at Alibris: Over 40 million used, new and hard-to-find books! CART ACCOUNT WISHLIST HELP ... SEARCH search in Books Music: All CD Vinyl Movies: All DVD VHS by title / ISBN by author / artist by subject / genre my email address unsubscribe here your shopping cart order status wish list ... help browse BOOKS Browse for author " henry taylor " matched 88 titles. Sometimes it pays off to expand your search to view all available copies of books matching your search terms. Page of 4 sort results by Top Selling Title Author Used Price New Price Understanding Fiction: Poems, 1986-1996 more books like this by Taylor, Henry In his first poetry collection since winning the Pulitzer Price for The Flying Change, Henry Taylor beautifully renders the vicissitudes of love, friendship, and vocation. Often using the craft of writing as a metaphor for the examined life, Taylor explores with wry wisdom the slow-dawning awareness of our evanescence. In Understanding Fiction we... buy used: from buy new: from The mediaeval mind; a history of the development of thought and emotion in the middle ages

36. A Collection Of Word Oddities And Trivia CLERIHEW, Edmund Clerihew Bentley (18751956), English writer. EGGS BENEDICT,Commodore EC Benedict (1834-1920), American yachtsman and banker. http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words16.html

A Collection of Word Oddities and Trivia, Page 16 Last revision: March 20, 2004 SOME NAMES THAT BECAME WORDS Here are a few words named for people. A comprehensive listing of scientific units of measurement, which are generally not included here, is at http://www.geocities.com/maineiac_bibliophage/people.html . This list consists of widely-used words which are not obviously named for people. Stuart Kidd, Charles Turner, and Philip Bennett contributed to this section. WORD NAMED FOR ABELIA Clark Abel (1780-1826), British botanist ADAMSITE Roger Adams (1889-1971), American chemist ALDRIN Kurt Alder (1902-1958), American chemist ALEXANDRINE Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.), King of Macedonia ALEXANDRITE Alexander I of Russia (1777-1825) ALGORITHM al-Khowarizmi (c800 - c850), Arab mathematician AMISH probably for Jakob Amman, 17th century Swiss Mennonite bishop AUGUST Augustus Caesar (63 B.C. - A. D. 14) AXEL Axel Paulsen (1856-1938), Norwegian figure skater BACITRACIN Margaret Tracy (ca. 1936- ), child in whose tissues it was found BAKELITE Leo Hendrik Baekeland (1863-1944), Belgian-born American chemist

37. Rec.sport.cricket John Hall George the Third Ought never to have occurred. One canonly wonder At so grotesque a blunder. EC.Bentley (1875-1956). http://www.cricket-forum.com/uk/recsportcricket_72365.html

cricket-forum.com Promoting cricket discussion. Main Date: 13 Oct 2003 16:30:41 From: robert.pollard2 Subject: rec.sport.cricket Just had a look in rec.sport.cricket, and both my servers are showing just two posts therein since 23/09! Last time I looked [many months ago] posts were flooding in by the minute. Do I have a fault, or have the world-wide cricket folk bailed out en-masse? Cheers Robt P. Date: 13 Oct 2003 21:07:48 From: Cricketislife! Subject: Re: rec.sport.cricket On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 16:30:41 +0100, "robert.pollard2" Use Mal's revolitionary Opera and u will do fine:-) There is some prob with your servers, rsc is doing pretty ok, though not flooded like in WC time but doing pretty okay. see n scroll down this for eg http://www.mes-news.com/ng/meow?group+rec.sport.cricket CiL Date: 13 Oct 2003 19:50:54 From: John Hall Subject: Re: rec.sport.cricket You - or more probably the news servers that you are using - have a fault. There are about 200 posts a day. John Hall "George the Third Ought never to have occurred.

38. Wisden Cricketers Of The Year - Surely They Jest? One can only wonder At so grotesque a blunder. EC.Bentley (18751956). Onecan only wonder At so grotesque a blunder. EC.Bentley (1875-1956). http://www.cricket-forum.com/cricket/Wisden_Cricketers_of_the_Year__surely_they_

cricket-forum.com Promoting cricket discussion. Main Date: 07 Apr 2004 18:17:04 From: Sultan Subject: Wisden Cricketers of the Year - surely they jest? What in the 'eck is 'arvey doing in there? Chris Adams Andrew Flintoff Ian Harvey Gary Kirsten Graeme Smith. http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/APR/118214_COL-INTERVIEW_07APR2004.html Least they got the cover right. Sultan Date: 07 Apr 2004 18:53:44 From: Ben Gussey Subject: Re: Wisden Cricketers of the Year - surely they jest? news:4073b902@quokka.wn.com.au... http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/APR/118214_COL-INTERVIEW_07APR2004.html Cause they don't normally choose players twice and all the good players have been taken? I actually imagine he must have had a good county season, as wisden is an English publication. But I have no idea if that's actually the reason - just a guess. Regards, Ben. Date: 07 Apr 2004 18:56:40 From: Sultan Subject: Re: Wisden Cricketers of the Year - surely they jest? news:4073c198$0$4574$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au

39. EBOOKS - ALPHABETICAL LIST ~ B Benson, EF (Edward Frederic), 18671940. Benson, Roy Jr. Bentley, EC (EdmundClerihew), 1875-1956. Benton, Joel, 1832-1911. Benton, Thomas Hart, 1782-1858. http://www.globusz.com/authors_b1.html

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