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Peer reviewedHayden, Bradley – English Journal, 1983
Describes and presents examples of work from the Western Michigan school of bad versemakers, a group of nineteenth century poets who strove to give their frontier experiences high seriousness, but achieved, at best, unintentional humor. (MM)
Descriptors: Humor, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles, Literature
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Development. – 1977
Humorous imitations of famous poems and quotations, altered with metric language, are presented in this document published by the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Metric Education Project. In addition, a section entitled "A Metrikey" relates metric units to familiar items such as width of doorknobs, areas of typewriter keys, etc. (MP)
Descriptors: Bulletins, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Humor
