Poetic Form- Clerihew

A clerihew is a humorous 4-line poem about a celebrity, named in the first line. Often the celebrity's name comprises the entire first line. Invented by poet Edmund Clerihew Bentley, a Clerihew pokes fun at someone famous or puts them in an absurd light, though is not abusive. It is common for a Clerihew to parody short eulogies.

There is no set meter. In fact, the Clerihew usually contains irregular line lengths. The rhyming scheme of "a-a-b-b" can be comically contrived.

In a rhyming pattern, lines ending in a sound designated by "a" only rhyme with other "a" lines, "b" lines only with other "b" lines, and so on.

The title of a Clerihew is always the name of its subject.

Examples:

Charlie Sheen

The great Charlie Sheen
is a fan of caffeine,
especially when his head is tender-
recovering from his latest bender.

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks
must own some banks.
He's almost Donald Trump
in the guise of Forrest Gump.