doggerels
Clumsy rhyming poems
Doggerels is the plural of doggerel—verse that is crude, irregular, or comically bad.
Doggerel typically has awkward rhythms, forced rhymes, and little literary merit: The birthday card was filled with silly doggerels.
The term can be affectionate or dismissive depending on context.
Lines of poetry
- rhymesMatching word endings
- jinglesBrief advertising melodies
- dittiesShort, simple songs
- quatrainsVerses of four lines
couplets · stanzas · limericks · nursery rhymes · singsong · meter · doggrel · light verse
Paper sentiments for occasions
- children's versePoetry for young readers
- political satireMockery of government
- parodySatirical imitation
- lampoonHarsh public mockery
birthday cards · valentines · mnemonic · campaign slogans · protest chants · epitaphs · comic relief · bumper stickers
verses
Lines of poetry
quatrains · couplets · stanzas · limericks · nursery rhymes · singsong · meter · doggrel · light verse · comic verse
greeting cards
Paper sentiments for occasions
- children's versePoetry for young readers
- political satireMockery of government
- parodySatirical imitation
lampoon · birthday cards · valentines · mnemonic · campaign slogans · protest chants · epitaphs · comic relief · bumper stickers · novelty songs
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
- amateurishLacking professional skill
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
- crudeUnpolished, raw state
mediocre · unsophisticated · artless · inelegant · rough · awkward · hackneyed · trite · slapdash · careless
doggerelsmasterpieces
Works of supreme skill
high art · classic poetry · canonical works · lyric poetry · Shakespearean sonnets
doggerelsepic poetry
Extended narrative in verse
odes · elegies · Shakespearean sonnets · belles-lettres · high art
doggerelssonnets
Fourteen-line rhymed poems
villanelles · classical verse · blank verse · odes · elegies