National Clerihew Day (10 July)

[Ross Clark]

Birthday of Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), journalist, writer of
detective novels, and humorous poet.
Created (aged 16) the poetic form named after him.

Whimsical four-line verse.
First line is name of someone well known.
Second line makes a general observation about them.
Third and fourth lines are comical or nonsensical.
Line lengths are irregular.
Rhyme scheme: AABB

A couple of ECB's originals:

Lewis Carroll
Bought sumptuous apparel
And built an enormous palace
Out of the profits of _Alice_.

Sir Christopher Wren
Said, "I am going to dine with some men.
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St Paul's."

More here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew

[HenHanna]

Post by Ross Clark
Birthday of Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), journalist, writer of
detective novels, and humorous poet.
Created (aged 16) the poetic form named after him.
Whimsical four-line verse.
First line is name of someone well known.
Second line makes a general observation about them.
Third and fourth lines are comical or nonsensical.
Line lengths are irregular.
Rhyme scheme: AABB
Lewis Carroll
Bought sumptuous apparel
And built an enormous palace
Out of the profits of _Alice_.
Sir Christopher Wren
Said, "I am going to dine with some men.
If anyone calls
Say I am designing St Paul's."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerihew

i'm sure that... Lots of ppl who consider themselves
cultured and well-read
have never heard of a "Clerihew poem" or [echo verse]


i once met a young man who was in his 2nd(?) year in his
Ph.D. studies of English Lit. at an American university...
(he spoke pretty good English)
i said something about a limerick and he'd never heard of it.



A Ph.D. student of English Lit
Betrays an Aptitude of being Unfit.
It's fine to study Shelly, Keats, and T.Eliot
But the toilet fun of "Nantucket" -- Could tell he it?

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The most famous "Nantucket" poem isn't actually a poem but a limerick, a
humorous five-line verse form. Here's the classic (and slightly risqué)
version:

There once was a man from Nantucket,
Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
But his daughter named Nan,
Ran away with a man,
And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

[Hibou]

Post by HenHanna
The most famous "Nantucket" poem isn't actually a poem but a limerick, a
humorous five-line verse form. Here's the classic (and slightly risqué)
            There once was a man from Nantucket,
            Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
                But his daughter named Nan,
                Ran away with a man,
            And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

I like it, and I don't think it's risqué at all.

Is it ChatGPT that thinks it's risqué, and has it just found out what a
limerick is?

[HenHanna]

Post by Hibou

Post by HenHanna
The most famous "Nantucket" poem isn't actually a poem but a limerick,
a humorous five-line verse form. Here's the classic (and slightly
             There once was a man from Nantucket,
             Who kept all his cash in a bucket.
                 But his daughter named Nan,
                 Ran away with a man,
             And as for the bucket, Nantucket.

I like it, and I don't think it's risqué at all.
Is it ChatGPT that thinks it's risqué, and has it just found out what a
limerick is?

it's Bard.Google.com

i almost never use ChatGPT now.


i tried the new one, but it was no good.

[Hibou]

Post by Hibou
Is it ChatGPT that thinks it's risqué, and has it just found out what
a limerick is?

it's  Bard.Google.com
i almost never use   ChatGPT   now.
          i tried the new one, but it was no good.

I'd find it helpful in forums like this one if text from AIs were
enclosed in inverted commas and had the appropriate attribution.