noun
Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective describing such verse): apparently from dog (used contemptuously, as in dog Latin) + -rel.
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A comical poem with irregular rhythm
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. Wikipedia