Doggerel

Doggerel, or doggrel, is poetry that is irregular in rhythm and in rhyme, often deliberately for burlesque or comic effect. Alternatively, it can mean verse which has a monotonous rhythm, easy rhyme, and cheap or trivial meaning.

For the Pixies album, see Doggerel (album).

The word is derived from the Middle English dogerel, probably a derivative of dog. In English, it has been used as an adjective since the 14th century and a noun since at least 1630.

Appearing since ancient times in the literatures of many cultures, doggerel is characteristic of nursery rhymes and children's song.

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