vers de société

This applies chiefly to poems of the class called Vers de Société, for want of an English synonym.

The poem belongs to the vers de société order, albeit the lightness is of a somewhat ponderous variety.

The term vers de société will not include all that is commonly ranged under it.

On the other hand, the next specimen illustrates the use of the form for the light familiarity of vers de société and parody.

These ‘Metres by E.’ composed a collection of soft and marvellously musical rhymes, of a nature known as the vers de société.