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What is a Clerihew?

Funny

4 Rules
1

Rule 1
4 lines long
1.___________________________
2.___________________________
3.___________________________
4.___________________________

Rule 2
2

Line 1 and 2 rhyme


Line 3 and 4 rhyme
1._____________________Mrs. Hat
2._____________________cat
3._________________tree
4._________________me

Rule 3
Line 1 ends with a name
Line 2 rhymes with the name
1.____________________Mrs. Hat
2._____________________cat

Rule 4
4

Line 3 should be funny


Line 4 rhymes with Line 3
1._________________tree
2._________________me

Example
1.My math teacher, Mrs.
Hat,
2.Owns a bald cat.
3. It lives in a tree,

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