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Doggerel
Doggerel, or doggrel, is poetry that is irregular in rhythm and in rhyme, often deliberately for burlesque or comic effect. Alternatively, it can mean verse which has a monotonous rhythm, easy rhyme, and cheap or trivial meaning.
The word is derived from the Middle English dogerel, probably a derivative of dog.[1] In English, it has been used as an adjective since the 14th century and a noun since at least 1630.[2]
Appearing since ancient times in the literatures of many cultures, doggerel is characteristic of nursery rhymes and children's song.[3]
- ^ "Doggerel". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- ^ Harper, Douglas. "Doggerel". Online Etymological Dictionary.
- ^ "Doggerel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
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