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sherlock60Welcome 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 the Schüttelreim.
Poets Collective gives this definition:
Schüttelreim is a German poetic device synonymous with the word play technique of Spoonerisms, named for English educator W.A. Spooner 1844-1930, which is the swapping of the beginning sounds of 2 different words such as big rats/rig bats. The Schüttelreim takes spoonerism a step further and in a rhymed couplet, the initial consonant of the last 2 words of the first line are reversed in the second line. The device is most often used in light verse.
The Schüttelreim is:
1. a single rhyming couplet.
2. rhymed, switching the initial consonants of the last 2 words in the first line with the initial consonants of the last 2 words in the second line.
So, according to this definition, a true Spoonerism need not be used in the couplet. One could for instance use:
...hand towel
...tragic howl (rather than ‘tanned howl’)
However, according to the examples on Wikipedia (going by my extremely modest understanding of German), it does appear that true Spoonerisms are used in the original German form. And it did seem a shame not to attempt a Spoonerism...
Here is my example couplet, a tribute to Dr. Watson’s somewhat extended ‘ocean of life’ metaphor at the beginning of his story:
“Mr. Dickens in his stories didn't use the metaphor 'brine'!”
"Ah, no," says Dr. Watson. "But it's better for mine."
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, alexandrine, blackout poetry, call and response, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, renga, riddle, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Priory School in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Hudson
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 the Schüttelreim.
Poets Collective gives this definition:
Schüttelreim is a German poetic device synonymous with the word play technique of Spoonerisms, named for English educator W.A. Spooner 1844-1930, which is the swapping of the beginning sounds of 2 different words such as big rats/rig bats. The Schüttelreim takes spoonerism a step further and in a rhymed couplet, the initial consonant of the last 2 words of the first line are reversed in the second line. The device is most often used in light verse.
The Schüttelreim is:
1. a single rhyming couplet.
2. rhymed, switching the initial consonants of the last 2 words in the first line with the initial consonants of the last 2 words in the second line.
So, according to this definition, a true Spoonerism need not be used in the couplet. One could for instance use:
...hand towel
...tragic howl (rather than ‘tanned howl’)
However, according to the examples on Wikipedia (going by my extremely modest understanding of German), it does appear that true Spoonerisms are used in the original German form. And it did seem a shame not to attempt a Spoonerism...
Here is my example couplet, a tribute to Dr. Watson’s somewhat extended ‘ocean of life’ metaphor at the beginning of his story:
"Ah, no," says Dr. Watson. "But it's better for mine."
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, alexandrine, blackout poetry, call and response, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, renga, riddle, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Priory School in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Mrs. Hudson
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Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 07:05 am (UTC)And by the time we left later I was absolutely [and here the good doctor’s handwriting becomes impenetrable].
(*penitent mod tenders resignation*)
RE: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 07:55 am (UTC)Re: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 08:10 am (UTC)Limerick: Shakespearean Tragedy
Date: 2015-09-06 08:11 am (UTC)The tracks of a bicycle’s tyre
End in blood-covered gorse
And the bastard’s remorse –
The Duke’s son a mere pawn. Poor Saltire.
RE: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 08:24 am (UTC)The implications here are quite rude,
Or, in the spirit of the schuttelreim, right crude.
(Resignation refusal seconded, despite lapse, though...:-p)
The poetry of Mrs H
Date: 2015-09-06 08:27 am (UTC)And...a gentle warning....please don't cast your eyes down to Frankles interpretation of the form...
Re: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 08:36 am (UTC)Re: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 08:37 am (UTC)Re: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 08:41 am (UTC)(And thank you for your forgiveness and vote of confidence - though I think in Small Hobbit's case, she just doesn't want to have to do the discussion posts... :P)
Re: A somewhat mangled Schuttelreim
Date: 2015-09-06 08:43 am (UTC)Re: Limerick: Shakespearean Tragedy
Date: 2015-09-06 08:48 am (UTC)Re: The poetry of Mrs H
Date: 2015-09-06 08:51 am (UTC)Oh.
I am not sure I entirely understand - but I am going for a short lie down in a darkened room. With the gin.
RE: Re: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 08:54 am (UTC)RE: Re: A somewhat mangled Schuttelreim
Date: 2015-09-06 08:57 am (UTC)RE: Re: The poetry of Mrs H
Date: 2015-09-06 08:59 am (UTC)RE: Limerick: Shakespearean Tragedy
Date: 2015-09-06 09:47 am (UTC)Dr Watson's contribution
Date: 2015-09-06 11:06 am (UTC)The poor man lying on our bearskin
I gave him brandy from a mug
The fellow on our hearthrug
Watson, I hardly think the author of ‘Sidelights on Horace’ will appreciate your verse.
Re: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 11:08 am (UTC)Re: Found in Dr. Watson’s Personal Papers: Possibly a Schüttelreim..?
Date: 2015-09-06 11:09 am (UTC)Re: A somewhat mangled Schuttelreim
Date: 2015-09-06 11:11 am (UTC)Re: Limerick: Shakespearean Tragedy
Date: 2015-09-06 11:12 am (UTC)RE: Re: A somewhat mangled Schuttelreim
Date: 2015-09-06 11:27 am (UTC)RE: Dr Watson's contribution
Date: 2015-09-06 11:30 am (UTC)RE: Dr Watson's contribution
Date: 2015-09-06 12:49 pm (UTC)Re: Dr Watson's contribution
Date: 2015-09-06 01:27 pm (UTC)Or at least buy a new rhyming dictionary.