Ogden Nash
Light verse master
Ogden Nash was an American poet known for his light verse and unconventional rhymes.
His humorous poems often featured wildly uneven line lengths and intentionally tortured rhymes: Candy is dandy / But liquor is quicker.
Nash published prolifically from the 1930s through the 1960s, becoming one of the most widely read poets of his era.
Humorous, often rhyming poetry
- humorous poetryFunny written verse
- comic verseFunny poetry
- doggerelTrivial, clumsy verse
- limerickComedic five-line poem
jingle · nonsense verse · wordplay · puns · rhyme · couplet · meter · anapestic
Mental quickness and skill
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- punsJokes using sound similarities
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
drollery · irony · sarcasm · double meaning · malapropism · neologism · epigram · aphorism
Analysis of societal conditions
- parodySatirical imitation
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
critique · absurdity · exaggeration · hyperbole · understatement · irony · suburban life · pretension
Razor-tongued New Yorker
- The New YorkerHighbrow American magazine
- American humorComic style from U.S.
- 1930sFourth decade, twentieth century
- 1940sFourth decade, twentieth century
Lewis Carroll · 1950s · Manhattan · Pennsylvania · Baltimore · anthology · collected poems
light verse
Humorous, often rhyming poetry
- humorous poetryFunny written verse
- comic verseFunny poetry
- doggerelTrivial, clumsy verse
limerick · jingle · nonsense verse · wordplay · puns · rhyme · couplet · meter · anapestic · forced rhyme
cleverness
Mental quickness and skill
banter · drollery · irony · sarcasm · double meaning · malapropism · neologism · epigram · aphorism · one-liner
social commentary
Analysis of societal conditions
caricature · critique · absurdity · exaggeration · hyperbole · understatement · irony · suburban life · pretension · vanity
Dorothy Parker
Razor-tongued New Yorker
- The New YorkerHighbrow American magazine
- American humorComic style from U.S.
- 1930sFourth decade, twentieth century
Lewis Carroll · 1940s · 1950s · Manhattan · Pennsylvania · Baltimore · anthology · collected poems
Ogden NashT.S. Eliot
Ezra Pound · Sylvia Plath · tragic poet · John Milton · Dante Alighieri