# Is there a name for this type of poem? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770 "2016-03-02T21:57:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/1 "2016-03-02T21:57:57Z")
When a poem praises a loved one piece-by-piece, it’s called a blazon. Is there a name for a poem/song that extols one’s \*own \*virtues and accomplishments, though? There must be, because there are a lot of popular songs in this form. \*Rodomontade \*and \*braggadocio \*come to mind, but neither refers specifically to poetry/song lyrics. Help? ---
**Author:** ![Ignotus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Ignotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignotus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2016, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/2 "2016-03-02T23:57:40Z")
According to Icelandic poet and philolologist Jón Helgason, it might rightly be known as a _Peire Vida_l- poem, after the old Occitan trobadour. Jón even made a (second-hand) translation of some of Vidal’s verses, and they seem to stand the test… ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/3 "2016-03-03T15:45:38Z")
And the earliest known example is - Celtic Boast Battle! 😃 [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uXgtZbrcxBQ/hqdefault.jpg "Horrible Histories Celtic Boast Battle song(rap)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXgtZbrcxBQ) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/4 "2016-03-03T16:04:36Z")
Since this is about literature, let’s move it to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/5 "2016-03-03T18:23:29Z")
This is the first time in fifteen years a thread I began has been moved to a different forum. I guess I’m really starting to fit in? ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/6 "2016-03-03T19:24:08Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > When a poem praises a loved one piece-by-piece, it’s called a blazon. > > Is there a name for a poem/song that extols one’s \*own \*virtues and accomplishments, though? There must be, because there are a lot of popular songs in this form. \*Rodomontade \*and \*braggadocio \*come to mind, but neither refers specifically to poetry/song lyrics. > > Help? _Curriculum vitae?_ What? It doesn’t rhyme, but it has a highly constrained format and a prescribed length. It’s like a haiku, but because your future is depending on it, the stress is on every syllable. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/7 "2016-03-03T19:33:54Z")
Well played. Unfortunately in my years in academia I never saw a CV that I’d call poetry 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/8 "2016-03-03T20:23:49Z")
Ben Jonson wrote a poem called “Ode to Himself”. ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/9 "2016-03-03T20:25:47Z")
Possibly a Balliol Rhyme. My name is George Nathaniel Curzon I am a most unusual person My cheeks are pink , my hair is sleek I dine at Blenheim twice a week ---
**Author:** ![Damfino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Damfino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damfino)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-type-of-poem/747770/10 "2016-03-03T20:35:43Z")
Apologies. Please substitute "superior " for “unusual”