Meaning Light verse
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Light verseWhimsical poems taking forms such as limericks, nonsense poems, and double dactyls. See Edward Lear’s “The Owl and the Pussy-Cat” and Lewis Carroll’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter.” Other masters of l [..]
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Light versePoetry written with humorous intent (example: Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats [1939] by T.S. Eliot). Light verse is often short and frivolous, but can sometimes be serious. Word play abounds. [..]
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Light verseVerse which is comical or light-hearted in tone. Light verse forms include the limerick, the clerihew and the Little Willie. Famous exponents of light verse include: John Skelton, Edward Lear, [..]
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