Doggerel typically refers to poetry with little artistic value, often due to simplistic rhyming.

Artistic Merit

Sometimes, doggerel is created intentionally for humor or satire, not to be taken seriously.

Humor Intended

While 'doggerel' sounds critical, it can be affectionate too, describing quirky, amateur verses.

Not Pejorative

When used as an adjective, 'doggerel' highlights the subpar quality of something, not just poetry.

Quality Indicator

Describing writing as 'doggerel' may suggest it's trivial or playful, rather than seriously bad.

Playfully Dismissive

Doggerel can describe low-quality cultural products beyond verse, like a poorly scripted TV show.

Cultural Products

 And I was thinking, how do I introduce this? And I thought, well, maybe that old doggerel by Joyce Kilmer, you "Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree." And you might say, "Well, God designed the cow." But, of course, God got a lot of help.

Doggerel

Artistic Merit

Humor Intended

Not Pejorative

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