{"id":95277,"date":"2012-08-30T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/95277\/friday-fling-creates-cartoon-characters-clerihews\/"},"modified":"2012-08-30T20:00:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T00:00:43","slug":"friday-fling-creates-cartoon-characters-clerihews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/95277\/friday-fling-creates-cartoon-characters-clerihews\/","title":{"rendered":"The Friday Fling Creates Cartoon Characters With Clerihews!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Friday Fling #195 August 31st 2012<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n


\nDo you remember the Fling we did where you were challenged to write about your favorite cartoon character? I think we may have done that more than once. Anyway, we thought this time, just for fun, we’d challenge you to MAKE UP a cartoon character! And write about him\/her\/it in a Clerihew!<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

The Clerihew is a short poetry format which, much like the Limerick, is specifically designed to discuss people – well creatures. As explained by ShadowPoetry.com,<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

A Clerihew is a comic verse consisting of two couplets and a specific rhyming scheme,
\naabb invented by Edmund Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) at the age of 16. The poem
\nis about\/deals with a person\/character within the first rhyme. In most cases, the first
\nline names a person, and the second line ends with something that rhymes with the name of the person. <\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

One of the most remembered Clerihew from Bentley’s collection is:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Sir Humphrey Davy
\nAbominated gravy.
\nHe lived in the odium
\nOf having discovered sodium.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Here’s a more recent example:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Garfield the cat
\nThe On his rear he sat.
\nEating lasagna galore
\nAll about the decor.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Since you are free to invent not only the character but a name for him\/her\/it, you can determine what rhyme ends the first couplet!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

If Disney or Warners’ calls asking about movie rights, Michelle or I will be sure to let you know!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

This week the Friday Fling invents fictional favorites and clarifies them in Clerihews!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Be sure to save time to read and comment comically on your fellow Pals’ inventions. Then go enjoy an amusingly long holiday weekend!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Fickle Finger of Fate Award for August 24th<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Congratulations Barbara!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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Here are some images to stir your muse. Actually one or more of these may be real cartoon characters already, we just have not seen any of them in a real cartoon yet ourselves. But they are shown here mainly to get you thinking about what attributes your imaginary character would possess, before you Clerihewize it.<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

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