| LC control no. | gf2014026379 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Humorous poetry |
| Variant(s) | Comic poetry Light verse |
| See also | Humor Poetry |
| Found in | LCSH, Oct. 22, 2014 (Humorous poetry. UF Humorous verse; Light verse) Drury, J. A poetry dictionary, c2006 (Light verse: Humorous verse, usually rhymed; verse in the service of amusement; rhymed lines whose subject matter and attitudes are light as opposed to weighty, dark, and serious.) The Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics, c2012 (Light verse: The term light verse is an omnium gatherum. While light verse once referred principally to vers de société, the Fr. term for verse reserved for one's social circle to amuse or commemorate an occasion, its meaning now includes folk poetry, nonsense verse, ribald verse, kitsch, and more. If the earlier meaning of the term was too narrow, it has now been stretched so far that it has lost its shape. The Library of Congress cataloging system has no subject heading for "light verse"; its closest approximation is "humorous poetry," suggesting one devel. in light verse is its movement to the comic mode) |
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