Poems are written in several funny styles.
Absurd
The subject can be funny.
It might be an everyday object glorified in a poem.
A villain treated as a hero.
An absurd situation.
A twist ending.
An exaggeration.
Limericks
- There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!—
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"- Book of Nonsense, Limerick 1 (1846).
Puns
Misunderstanding
Exaggerated fear
Exaggerated reaction to fear
Conflict
One-upmanship of a lowly person
Exaggerated emotion: anger, fear, hope, love
Exaggerated behaviour
Mocking danger
Inappropriate song (Save the last dance for me on the Titanic)
-ends-
Photo Laughter by David Shankbone from wikipedia
Laughing (Comic Poem by Angela Lansbury)
Some people prefer one on one
If they like to tickle
You can race around an audience
But audiences are fickle
You can make them laugh
With just a wink
If they've all had
Too much to drink
I could make them laugh en masse
If I gave them laughing gas
Don't confuse them with long facts
Just make them laugh and they'll relax.
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