Doggerel is a derogatory term for verse considered of little literary value. The word probably derives from dog, suggesting either ugliness, or unpalatability (as in food fit only for dogs). (External Link) Doggerel might have any or all of the following failings: trite, cliché, or overly sentimental content forced or imprecise rhymes faulty metre misordering of words to force correct meter trivial subject inept handling of subject As early as the late fourteenth century, Harry Bailly inte… (More on Doggerel)