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doggerel

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doggerel

Poetical verse written with little regard to rhythm or rhyme. Originally the term was applied to a genre of loose, irregular verses, and it is also used to refer to poetry that is badly written.



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I suppose the reader never makes nonsense rhymes from sheer gladness of heart,--nursery doggerel to keep time with the rippling of the stream, or the dancing of the sun, or the beating of his heart; the gibberish of delight.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
The effect of this piece of doggerel was entirely convincing, and for days afterwards whenever Minnie met the Simpsons even a mile from the brick house she shuddered and held her peace.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
They have told me since that I was singing some insane doggerel about "The Last Man Left Alive
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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