Edmund Bent-
ley wrote “The Last Case of Trent”.
His middle name was Clerihew,
Rhymes for that are very few.
A clerihew’s strength
Is four lines of unequal length;
You rhyme the first two,
And the last two, too.
Clerihews were first biographic,
Explaining in words few but graphic,
A person’s claim to fame.
Edmund Bentley’s was his middle name.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Well done, a clerihew sequence! (If you've enjoyed this, you may like to look at my '6 Poets'.)