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What (who) is Doggerel - definition
A COMICAL POEM WITH IRREGULAR RHYTHM
Doggrel; Doggerel verse; Dogerel; Dogerell; Doggerell; Doggerels
doggerel
If you refer to a poem as doggerel, you are emphasizing that you think it is very bad poetry.
...fragments of meaningless doggerel.
N-UNCOUNT [disapproval]
Doggerel
·adj Low in style, and irregular in measure; as, doggerel rhymes.
II. Doggerel ·noun A sort of loose or irregular verse; mean or undignified poetry.
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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. In English, it has been used as an adjective since the 14th century and a noun since at least 1630.
Appearing since ancient times in the literatures of many cultures, doggerel is characteristic of nursery rhymes and children's song.
Examples of use of Doggerel
1. Byrd even brought some dog doggerel for the occasion.
2. As it happens, this was not the first doggerel to grace the Senate immigration debate.
3. I recall a piece of doggerel which sums up my fears nicely: Mary had a mobile.
4. In the early 1'70s, Murphy produced an album of poems set to music for a group called Doggerel Bank.
5. But after the Doggerel Bank album, Murphy mentioned that he‘d love to make a record with Betjeman.