comic verse
Light, funny rhymes
Comic verse is poetry written primarily for humorous effect, using techniques like absurd imagery, wordplay, parody, and unexpected rhymes.
It ranges from light verse and limericks to satirical poems that mock social conventions.
The form often employs exaggerated meter or deliberately awkward rhymes for comedic timing: He dashed off some comic verse for the occasion.
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- mock-heroicSatirizing epic conventions
- poemMetrical literary composition
- silly poemsHumorous, frivolous versework
- satireMockery exposing vice
limerick · humor · wit · pun · doggerel · poetry · double entendre · Ogden Nash · parody · humorous poetry · W.S. Gilbert · Dorothy Parker · epigram · rhyming couplets · wordplay · lampoon · burlesque · couplet
comic verseelegy
Poem lamenting the departed
dirge · threnody · requiem · lamentation · lament
comic verseepic poetry
Extended narrative in verse
sacred poetry · ode · hymn · panegyric
comic verseepic poetry
Extended narrative in verse
religious poetry · metaphysical poetry · political verse · protest poetry