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	Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bentley (July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.
		Bentley died at the age of 80 in 1956.
		His son Nicolas Bentley was a famous illustrator.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edmund_Clerihew_Bentley (220 words)

	[minstrels] Clerihews -- Edmund Clerihew Bentley
		Chesterton, Bentley's life-long friend, was at St. Paul's at the same time, and he too wrote clerihews.
		Add to this, that the name of the subject usually ends the first or, less often, the second line, and that the humour of the clerihew is whimsical rather than satiric, and there you have a complete definition.
		From: Martin Julian DeMello And, of course, Bentley himself was not left unclerihewed: Incidentally, Mr.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/207.html (588 words)

	Mystery Clerihews
		The clerihew is a four-line poem with a rhyming scheme of AABB.
		Bentley is also known for his groundbreaking mystery novel, Trent's Last Case (1911), which helped make plot and character as important as the puzzle in English detective fiction.
		A mystery clerihew is a clerihew whose subject is a writer of or character from mystery fiction.
	www.smart.net /~tak/clerihew.html (355 words)

	Adding a Little Mystery to the Clerihew
		The schoolboy's name was Edmund Clerihew Bentley, and the form of poetry he invented that day is known as the clerihew.
		Clerihews, though, may be of more than historical interest to the modern writer of short mystery fiction.
		I would go so far as to say that a clerihew that is not pointless is going to be forced, and any editor who expects otherwise is bound to be disappointed in the submissions that cross his desk.
	www.thewindjammer.com /smfs/newsletter/html/clerihew.html (728 words)

	E(dmund) C(lerihew) Bentley Biography \| Dictionary of Literary Biography
		Bentley wrote Trent's Last Case (1913), a landmark in the golden age of the English detective novel, that time around World War I when the traditional mystery story flourished.
		Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born the eldest son of John Edmund Bentley and Margaret Richardson Clerihew in Shepherd's Bush, London, on 10 July 1875.
		E(dmund) C(lerihew) Bentley from Dictionary of Literary Biography.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/edmund-clerihew-bentley-dlb (212 words)

	Edmund Clerihew Bentley Summary
		E. Bentley wrote Trent's Last Case (1913), a landmark in the golden age of the English detective novel, that time around World War I when the traditional mystery story flourished.
		Edmund Clerihew Bentley was born the eldest son of John Edmund Bentley...
		E. Bentley(July 10, 1875 – March 30, 1956), was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics.
	www.bookrags.com /Edmund_Clerihew_Bentley (127 words)

	Clerihew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Clerihew is a style of poetry that takes its name from its creator, Edmund Clerihew Bentley.
		It is a biographical poem, which reveals a particular trait of the author, or individual being described in the poem, and it often reflects a humorous tone.
		The Clerihew may be characterized as a quatrain (having four lines), with a rhyme scheme of AABB.
	www.hamptonbays.k12.ny.us /Elem/Teacher/rnydegger/poetry/clerihew.htm (133 words)

	Clerihews
		Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) is remembered mainly for his classic detective story Trent's Last Case and for the verse form that was named after him - the clerihew.
		Here is one of Bentley's original clerihews from this period:
		Nicholas Bentley followed in his father's footsteps with this splendid clerihew:
	www.thinks.com /words/clerihew.htm (245 words)

	Clerihew - Lesson Plans
		The clerihew poetry form was developed by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956), a popular English novelist.
		Remind students that while it is important for the pairs of lines to rhyme in a clerihew poem, it is also important to describe the character in a fun and whimsical way.
		After reviewing the structure of a clerihew poem with students, have them use the words and phrases they developed to write a clerihew poem of their own.
	www.readinga-z.com /poetry/lesson_plans/clerihew/clerihew_print.html (785 words)

	Clerihew Light Verse Forms Poetry Literature Arts
		- A small selection of clerihews by Ronald de Sousa.
		- Clerihews by English Journalist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the inventor of the form.
		- A poetry form derived from the Clerihew, where the last line is an anagram of the subject's name.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Arts/Literature/Poetry/Forms/Light_Verse/Clerihew (80 words)

	Clerihew - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first use of the word in print was in 1928.
		"Clerihew" in Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan, eds., The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics.
		This page was last modified 12:55, 10 December 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clerihew (337 words)

	Clerihews - Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poems - Poems and Poetry
		Clerihews - Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poems - Poems and Poetry
		Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poems - Poems and Poetry
		Send "Clerihews" poem by Edmund Clerihew Bentley to a friend
	www.poems-and-poetry.com /edmund-clerihew-bentley/clerihews-poem.html (45 words)

	Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Selected Works
		Mangala God of War & Empire, an ongoing and slightly strange satire on America's Mesopotamian misadventures.
		Clerihews by English Journalist Edmund Clerihew Bentley, the inventor of the form.
		If you are like us, you have strong feelings about poetry, and about each poem you read.
	www.daypoems.net /nodes/796.html (345 words)

	A Clerihew or Two (Bernini, Vercingetorix, Imhotep)
		Over 140 books on 7 subjects that I’ve personally smoked out.
		The clerihew was named after its inventor, Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1950).
		It’s a biographical quatrain, rhyming aabb, with the subject at or near the top.
	www.curiousnotions.com /home/clerihew.html (120 words)

	Amazon.com: Trent's Last Case: Books: E. C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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		(Edmund Clerihew) Bentley "Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely?..." (more)
	www.amazon.com /Trents-Last-Edmund-Clerihew-Bentley/dp/1406954756 (813 words)

	Bentley, Edmund Clerihew: B at Canadian Content (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This page was last updated on December 21st, 2006
		Canadian Content also found "Bentley, Edmund Clerihew" elsewhere:
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	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Arts/Literature/Authors/B/Bentley,_Edmund_Clerihew (116 words)

	Clerihew
		A Clerihew (or clerihew) is a very specific kind of humorous verse, typically with the following properties:
		The metre and rhyme are often strained for humorous effect (like Ogden Nash's poems).
		Mused, when he ought to have studied intently;
	www.clipart.teleactivities.com /poetry/clerihew.html (261 words)

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