Light poetry, or light verse, is poetry that attempts to be humorous, typically brief and built on wordplay such as puns, inventive rhyme and heavy alliteration, whether its subject is frivolous or serious. Acclaimed poets including Horace, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and W. H. Auden have written in the form, and nineteenth-century examples include Lord Byron's Beppo and Edward Lear's The Book of Nonsense, which popularized the limerick.
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Notable ExampleEdward Lear's The Book of Nonsense 1 Defining TraitHumorous, usually brief verse built on wordplay 1 Defining Trait Connections
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Light poems are usually brief, can be on a frivolous or serious subject, and often feature word play including puns, adventurous rhyme, and heavy alliteration.
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Light poetry or light verse is poetry that attempts to be humorous.
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Light poetry or light verse is poetry that attempts to be humorous.
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Light poetry or light verse is poetry that attempts to be humorous.
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an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics
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