Weekly Writing Challenge--The Clerihew

Here's another poetic form I've never tried, but it sounds like a lot of fun! The clerihew is very simple. It is about a person. It is funny. It is four lines long, the first and second lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme.

This form was invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley, and is named after him. While he was a student, he began writing these humorous poems about the people he was studying. They were a great hit with his friends! The first Clerihew ever written was this:

Sir Humphry Davy
Detested gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.

Another one of Bentley's is this:

Daniel Defoe
Lived a long time ago.
He had nothing to do, so
He wrote Robinson Crusoe.

Here's a final example I came across that I found particularly amusing:

N'Sync
Stink.
Their music hurts my ears.
I much prefer Britney Spears.