humorous verse
Witty rhyming lines
Humorous verse is poetry written primarily to amuse rather than move or elevate.
It includes limericks, parodies, nonsense verse, and light satirical poems.
The category encompasses everything from Edward Lear's absurdist rhymes to Ogden Nash's witty observations: I think that I shall never see / a billboard lovely as a tree.
Also called light verse.
- doggerelTrivial, clumsy verse
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
- limerickComedic five-line poem
- parodySatirical imitation
- double entendrePhrase with hidden lewdness
Dr. Seuss · dirty limerick · Lewis Carroll · comic timing · pun · tongue twister · Roald Dahl · Dorothy Parker · W.S. Gilbert · irony · burlesque · whimsy · silly rhyme · nursery rhyme · absurdity · shaggy dog story · epigram · Ogden Nash
- comedycomedy, jokes, puns, sarcasm, stand-up
- humorjoke, jokes, joking, comedy, comic
- children's versenursery rhymes, bedtime rhymes, silly rhymes, clapping rhymes, Mother Goose
- humor booksjoke books, one-liners, wisecracks, limericks, roast jokes
- light verselimerick, doggerel, humorous poetry, nonsense poetry, comic narrative
- witwit, witticism, quip, cleverness, repartee
humorous versedirge
Mournful commemorative music
lament · threnody · elegy · mournful verse · pathos
humorous verseepic poetry
Extended narrative in verse
religious poetry · metaphysical poetry · psalm · hymn · confessional poetry