Bernesque Poetry.
Serio-comic poetry; so called from Francesco Berni, of Tuscany, who greatly excelled in it. (1490–1536.)
Serio-comic poetry; so called from Francesco Berni, of Tuscany, who greatly excelled in it. (1490–1536.)
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.