1. Mystery Clerihews edmund clerihew bently Created Philip Trent. He Also defined the norm The term clerihew comes from edmund clerihew Bentley, who wrote the first known http://www.smart.net/~tak/clerihew.html

W elcome to the M ystery C lerihew S ite Edmund Clerihew Bently Created Philip Trent. He Also defined the norm For his eponymous poetic form. What is a clerihew? Father Brown Gained wide renown. Not for prayerbooks or hyminals, But for collaring criminals. The clerihew is a four-line poem with a rhyming scheme of AABB. The first line traditionally is, or ends in, a person's name; the meter is often mangled, if not ignored altogether; and the overall intent of the poem stresses entertainment over instruction, humor over fact. The term "clerihew" comes from Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who wrote the first known clerihew as a schoolboy. He went on to produce, under the name E. Clerihew B.A. (and with a little help from schoolmate G. K. Chesterton) a collection of clerihews called Biography for Beginners (1905). 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. What is a mystery clerihew? Agatha Christie Wrote plot lines so twisty

2. Clerihew This structure takes it’s formation from edmund clerihew bently who put these rules together in a simple four line construction of poetry . http://home.vicnet.net.au/~poems/ps/html/clerihew_.html

showme='y'; st='img'; This structure takes it’s formation from Edmund Clerihew Bently who put these rules together in a simple four line construction of poetry . A witty or humorous content with the theme on a biographical subject. A Clerihew poem is a four-line humorous rhyming poem. The following rules must apply: Line 1 Famous person or place Lines 2,3,4 Tell about that person or place Lines 1,2 Rhyme together Lines 3,4 Rhyme together The People of Spain Think Cervantes The people of Spain think Cervantes Equal to half-a-dozen Dantes; An opinion resented most bitterly By the people of Italy. E. Clerihew Bentley

3. Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia E. C. 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 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Clerihew_Bentley

Edmund Clerihew Bentley From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search E. C. Bentley July 10 March 30 ), 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. Born in London , and educated at St Paul's School and Merton College, Oxford , Bentley worked as a journalist on several newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph . His first published collection of poetry, titled Biography for Beginners (1905), popularized the clerihew form; it was followed by two other collections, in 1929 and 1939. His detective novel, Trent's Last Case (1913), was much praised, numbering Dorothy L. Sayers among its admirers, and with its labyrinthine and mystifying plotting can be seen as the first truly modern mystery. The success of the work inspired him, after 23 years, to write a sequel, Trent's Own Case (1936). There was also a book of Trent short stories, Trent Intervenes . Several of his books were reprinted in the early 2000s by House of Stratus From 1936 until 1949 Bentley was president of the Detection Club and contributed to both of their radio serials broadcast in 1930 and 1931 and published in 1983 as The Scoop and Behind The Screen . He died at the age of 80 in 1956. His son Nicolas Bentley was a famous illustrator.

4. Poets' Corner - Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Selected Works Selected Works of English Journalist edmund clerihew Bentley. http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/bentley1.html

P.C. Home Page Recent Additions Poets: A B C D E F G H ... Y Z Clerihews from Biography for Beginners The art of Biography Is different from Geography. Geography is about maps, But Biography is about chaps. Sir Christopher Wren Said, 'I am going to dine with some men. If anyone calls Say I am designing St. Paul's.' Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. John Stuart Mill, By a mighty effort of will, Overcame his natural bonhomie And wrote 'Principles of Economy.' What I like about Clive Is that he is no longer alive. There is a great deal to be said For being dead. Edward the Confessor Slept under the dresser. When that began to pall, He slept in the hall. Swore not at all. Mr Chapman's yea was yea, And Mr Hall's nay was nay. Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poets' Corner H O M E E-mail

5. Clerihews - Rhyming Poems | Thinks.com edmund clerihew Bentley (18751956) is remembered mainly for his classic detective story Trent s Last Case and for the humorous verse form that was named http://thinks.com/words/clerihew.htm

Home Words and Wordplay Clerihews - Rhyming Poems Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) is remembered mainly for his classic detective story Trent's Last Case and for the humorous verse form that was named after him - the clerihew. It was at the age of sixteen, while he was at St. Paul's School in London, that Bentley first started writing clerihews, as a diversion from school work. G. K. Chesterton, Bentley's life-long friend, was at St. Paul's at the same time, and he too wrote clerihews. Here is one of Bentley's original clerihews from this period: Sir Humphrey Davy Abominated gravy. He lived in the odium Of having discovered sodium. Bentley's first collection of verse in this vein was published in 1905 as Biography For Beginners . Further collections appeared in 1929 and in 1939. It was soon after publication of the first volume that the name CLERIHEW became applied to this particular form of light verse. What exactly is a clerihew? Frances Stillman in The Poet's Manual and Rhyming Dictionary defines it as 'a humorous pseudo-biographical quatrain, rhymed as two couplets, with line of uneven length more or less in the rhythm of prose'. 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. Here is a brief selection of my favourite Bentley clerihews:

6. [minstrels] Clerihews -- Edmund Clerihew Bentley It was a weakness of Voltaire s To forget to say his prayers, And one which to his shame He never overcame. edmund clerihew Bentley http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/207.html

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7. Edmund Clerihew Bentley Quotes 1 quotes and quotations by edmund clerihew Bentley. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/edmund_clerihew_bentley.html

Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY! Home Quote Topics Quote Keywords ... Author Nationalities Authors: A B C D ... Z Web brainyquote.com Edmund Clerihew Bentley Quotes Type: Journalist Quotes Category: English Journalist Quotes Date of Birth: July 10 Date of Death: March 30 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Edmund Clerihew Bentley Related Authors: Cyril Connolly Christiane Amanpour Polly Toynbee Henry Mayhew ... Bernard Levin The art of biography is different from geography. Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps. Edmund Clerihew Bentley Quotes RSS Feeds About Us Inquire Privacy Terms

8. Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Selected Works DayPoems A SevenCentury Poetry Slam * edmund clerihew Bentley - Selected Works lines of verse * www.daypoems.net * Timothy Bovee, editor http://www.daypoems.net/nodes/796.html

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9. Deccan Herald - Biographies That Rhyme! If the answer is the deviser of a new literary form, then edmund clerihew Bentley has served mankind more enduringly than the inventor of the motor car. http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jul62007/sesame2007070511152.asp

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10. The Man Who Was Thursday/To Edmund Clerihew Bentley - Wikisource The Man Who Was Thursday/To edmund clerihew Bentley edit To edmund clerihew Bentley. A cloud was on the mind of men, and wailing went the weather, http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Man_Who_Was_Thursday/To_Edmund_Clerihew_Bentle

The Man Who Was Thursday/To Edmund Clerihew Bentley From Wikisource The Man Who Was Thursday Jump to: navigation search Table of Contents The Man Who Was Thursday Dedication by Gilbert Keith Chesterton Chapter I edit To Edmund Clerihew Bentley A cloud was on the mind of men, and wailing went the weather, Yea, a sick cloud upon the soul when we were boys together. Science announced nonentity and art admired decay; The world was old and ended: but you and I were gay; Round us in antic order their crippled vices came Lust that had lost its laughter, fear that had lost its shame. Like the white lock of Whistler, that lit our aimless gloom, Men showed their own white feather as proudly as a plume. Life was a fly that faded, and death a drone that stung; The world was very old indeed when you and I were young. They twisted even decent sin to shapes not to be named: Men were ashamed of honour; but we were not ashamed. Weak if we were and foolish, not thus we failed, not thus; When that black Baal blocked the heavens he had no hymns from us Children we were our forts of sand were even as weak as eve

11. Edmund Clerihew Bentley@Everything2.com This career may be summed up in a clerihew of my own making. cough cough. edmund clerihew Bentley parodied his subjects gently in a form he created http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=655040

12. Trent's Last Case / Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956 Title Trent s Last Case Title The Woman in Black Author E.C. (edmund clerihew) Bentley Published in UK as Trent s Last Case; in USA as The Woman in http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext01/trent10.htm

Trent's Last Case / Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956 Author Bentley, E. C. (Edmund Clerihew), 1875-1956 Title Trent's Last Case Date Contributor(s) Du Mont, J. [Translator] Size Identifier Language en Publisher Project Gutenberg Rights GNU General Public License Tag(s) manderson trent man marlowe ... translator Versions original local mirror plain HTML (this file) concordance (most frequent 100 words, etc.) ... Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts Share addthis_url = location.href; addthis_title = document.title; addthis_pub = 'ericleasemorgan'; Colophon This file was acquired from Project Gutenberg, and it is in the public domain. It is re-distributed here as a part of the Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts (http://infomotions.com/alex/) by Eric Lease Morgan (Infomotions, Inc.) for the purpose of freely sharing, distributing, and making available works of great literature. Its Infomotions unique identifier is etext2568, and it should be available from the following URL: http://infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext01/trent10.htm Infomotions Man says, "Give back to the 'Net."

13. To Edmund Clerihew Bentley « St. Louis Chesterton Society Scott received a query about some of the allusions in the poem “To edmund clerihew Bentley”, which appears on the dedication page of The Man Who Was http://chestertonstl.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/comments-on-to-edmund-clerihew-ben

@import url( http://s.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/pub/quentin/style.css?m=1192568657 ); St. Louis Chesterton Society If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. To Edmund Clerihew Bentley Scott received a query about some of the allusions in the poem “ To Edmund Clerihew Bentley ”, which appears on the dedication page of The Man Who Was Thursday and he passed it along to me. Edmund Clerihew Bentley The first thing I should note is that this is the 100 th anniversary of The Man Who Was Thursday , and appropriately enough, the novel was the main subject of the July/August edition of the greatest magazine in the world, Gilbert!  This poem was covered on page 23, with some of the allusions explained. There is also a long article also in this issue about Bentley.  Membership in the American Chesterton Society is highly recommended to all members of The St. Louis Chesterton Society. Gilbert! When reading Chesterton, Google  and Wikipedia are your friends. But it must be noted that neither is entirely adequate, especially when reading rather than writing a thesis. Sometimes you just need an expert, and experts write Gilbert!

14. The Woman In Black By E. C. Bentley - Project Gutenberg Creator, Bentley, E. C. (edmund clerihew), 18751956. Title, The Woman in Black. Language, English. EText-No. 21854. Release Date, 2007-06-18 http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/21854

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15. Famous Pupils - St Paul's School edmund clerihew Bentley Author and poet Edward Thomas Author and poet Ernest Shepard Illustrator Compton Mackenzie Author and playwright http://www.stpaulsschool.org.uk/page.aspx?id=8366

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17. E. C. Bentley, Or Edmund Clerihew Bentley (British Author) -- Britannica Online This type of comic biographical verse form was invented by edmund clerihew Bentley, who introduced it in Biography for Beginners (1905) and continued it in http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-61178/E-C-Bentley

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18. Trent's Last Case The Woman In Black By E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley - Full Te by E.C. (edmund clerihew) Bentley CHAPTER I Bad News Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? http://www.fullbooks.com/Trent-s-Last-Case-The-Woman-in-Black1.html

Trent's Last Case The Woman in Black by E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley Part 1 out of 4 FullBooks.com homepage Index of Trent's Last Case The Woman in Black Next part (2) TRENT'S LAST CASE by E.C. (Edmund Clerihew) Bentley CHAPTER I: Bad News Between what matters and what seems to matter, how should the world we know judge wisely? When the scheming, indomitable brain of Sigsbee Manderson was scattered by a shot from an unknown hand, that world lost nothing worth a single tear; it gained something memorable in a harsh reminder of the vanity of such wealth as this dead man had piled upwithout making one loyal friend to mourn him, without doing an act that could help his memory to the least honour. But when the news of his end came, it seemed to those living in the great vortices of business as if the earth too shuddered under a blow. In all the lurid commercial history of his country there had been no figure that had so imposed itself upon the mind of the trading world. He had a niche apart in its temples. Financial giants, strong to direct and augment the

19. Bentley, Edmund Clerihew - Hutchinson Encyclopedia Article About Bentley, Edmund Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Bentley, edmund clerihew. Bentley, edmund clerihew. Information about Bentley, edmund clerihew in the Hutchinson http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

Domain='thefreedictionary.com' word='Bentley, Edmund Clerihew' Printer Friendly 762,729,552 visitors served. TheFreeDictionary Google Word / Article Starts with Ends with Text subscription: Dictionary/ thesaurus Medical dictionary Legal dictionary Financial dictionary Acronyms Idioms Encyclopedia Wikipedia encyclopedia Hutchinson encyclopedia Bentley, Edmund Clerihew 0.09 sec. write_ads(AdsNum, 0) English writer. He invented the four-line humorous verse form known as the clerihew , first collected in Biography for Beginners (1905) and then in More Biography (1929). He was also the author of the classic detective story Trent's Last Case (1913), introducing a new naturalistic style that replaced Sherlock Holmesian romanticism. It was followed by Trent's Own Case (1936), in which he collaborated with H Warner Allen, and Trent Intervenes (1938), a volume of short stories. He was born in London and educated at Oxford. After studying law, he wrote for the Daily News and then for the Daily Telegraph hut(3) write_ads(AdsNum, 0) Page tools Printer friendly Cite / link Email Feedback Sign in Email: Password: Register Charity('US') Your Ad Here Mentioned in No references found Hutchinson browser Full browser Bentham, Jeremy

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To Edmund Clerihew Bentley skip to main skip to sidebar Saturday, February 10, 2007 Poetry Friday?- To Edmund Clerihew Bentley Yesterday was very busy, after our weekly homeschool co-op I stayed much later to have a discussion with the other teens of our group on The Man Who Was Thursday . I am dreadfully sorry, I didn't have time yesterday to finish typing in this poem. This is the poem that dedicates the book to a great friend of Chesterton, Edmund Clerihew Bentley. A cloud was on the mind of men, and wailing went the weather, Yea a sick cloud was upon the soul when we were boys together. Science announced nonentity and art admired decay; The world was old and ended: but you and I were gay; Round us in antic order their crippled voices came- Lust that had lost it's laughter, fear that had lost it's shame. Like the white lock of Whistler, that lit our aimless gloom, Men showed their own white feather as proudly as a plume. Life was a fly that faded, and death a drone that stung; The world was very old indeed when you and I were young. They twisted even decent sin to shapes not to be named;

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