sherlock60 | Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Musgrave Ritual

Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.

This week my featured form is call and response.

TV Tropes gives this definition (specifically for songs, but I see no reason why it cannot be adapted to apply to poetry too):

Call-and-response is a form of music sung by (or at least from the perspective of) two or more people. Rather than sing the same part or do different verses, one person sings a statement, the other gives a reply to it.

Here is my example poem:

Where, oh, where can the carpet be?

It’s buried under Cases A-G!

And wasn’t there a sofa too?

It’s buried under Cases H-Q!

And has the doctor gone to bed?

No, the poor man’s buried under Cases R-Z!

As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, blackout poetry, call and response, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, haiku, limerick, palindrome poetry, riddle, sedoka, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle

Please leave all your poems inspired by The Musgrave Ritual in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!

Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson