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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 rime couée. It is a kind of sestet.
The Poets Garret gives this definition:
This is a French form consisting of two rhymes. First there is a rhyming couplet normally of eight syllables, then a third and shorter line of six. The two couplets rhyme, as do the two shorter lines. This gives us a suggested pattern:
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x b
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x b
I will also add part of Poets Collective’s definition:
L1, L2, L4, L5 are longer lines of a similar length, L3 and L6 are shorter lines of the same length. Rhyme scheme aabccb, ddeffe etc.
So, I believe you do not have to keep exactly to the syllable count if you do not wish to—just as long as you have those two shorter lines. And though obviously each couplet must rhyme within itself, the two couplets do not necessarily have to rhyme with each other.
Here is my example poem:
You keep as still as a statue
But, Mr. Holmes, I did catch you
Wedged in my cupboard space.
And there is a reason, I trust,
For hands on Mr. Hopkins’ bust—
But it’s not: “For a case...”
[Mod’s note: other ships are available.]
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, englyn, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Six Napoleons 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 rime couée. It is a kind of sestet.
The Poets Garret gives this definition:
This is a French form consisting of two rhymes. First there is a rhyming couplet normally of eight syllables, then a third and shorter line of six. The two couplets rhyme, as do the two shorter lines. This gives us a suggested pattern:
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x b
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x x x a
x x x x x b
I will also add part of Poets Collective’s definition:
L1, L2, L4, L5 are longer lines of a similar length, L3 and L6 are shorter lines of the same length. Rhyme scheme aabccb, ddeffe etc.
So, I believe you do not have to keep exactly to the syllable count if you do not wish to—just as long as you have those two shorter lines. And though obviously each couplet must rhyme within itself, the two couplets do not necessarily have to rhyme with each other.
Here is my example poem:
But, Mr. Holmes, I did catch you
Wedged in my cupboard space.
And there is a reason, I trust,
For hands on Mr. Hopkins’ bust—
But it’s not: “For a case...”
[Mod’s note: other ships are available.]
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, englyn, epigram, epulaeryu, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, palindrome poetry, pantoum, poem cycle, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triolet, tyburn, villanelle
Please leave all your poems inspired by The Six Napoleons in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Mrs. Hudson
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A rime couée
Date: 2015-09-27 07:08 am (UTC)From Holmes, S. To Mr. Brown, J:
A murderer’s coming your way!
He’ll burgle you tonight.
I think my plan contains no flaws
But best lock all internal doors..?
Brown beamed. “That seems all right.”
A Limerick:
Date: 2015-09-27 07:27 am (UTC)From High Street to docklands they ploughed.
Holmes cut through the whirl,
And found the Black Pearl.
Lestrade isn’t jealous – he’s proud.
The poetry of Mrs H....response from Hopkins
Date: 2015-09-27 09:19 am (UTC)Oh, Mrs H, you seem quite shocked...
(And really, truly should have knocked,
Not burst in suddenly.)
Some gin? The shelves are quite well stocked...
This neat, discrete, small space unlocked
Our cupboard love...you see.
~0~
Re: A rime couée
Date: 2015-09-27 01:17 pm (UTC)Re: A Limerick:
Date: 2015-09-27 01:19 pm (UTC)Re: The Reveal...written earlier
Date: 2015-09-27 01:21 pm (UTC)Re: A Rime Couee...Contains pearly angst...
Date: 2015-09-27 01:23 pm (UTC)Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-09-27 01:25 pm (UTC)This week's form: Rhymy bits with dodgy metre
Date: 2015-09-27 01:27 pm (UTC)In his grave give a twirl
And may indeed have cussed
As he saw the story unfurl
‘Cos he’d found that his bust
Was used for hiding a pearl
RE: Re: The Reveal...written earlier
Date: 2015-09-27 02:19 pm (UTC)RE: Re: A Rime Couee...Contains pearly angst...
Date: 2015-09-27 02:20 pm (UTC)RE: A rime couée
Date: 2015-09-27 02:34 pm (UTC)RE: A Limerick:
Date: 2015-09-27 02:36 pm (UTC)I did like the list of bits of London in the tale, btw
RE: This week's form: Rhymy bits with dodgy metre
Date: 2015-09-27 02:37 pm (UTC)Re: This week's form: Rhymy bits with dodgy metre
Date: 2015-09-27 02:40 pm (UTC)Re: A rime couée
Date: 2015-09-27 02:49 pm (UTC)Re: A rime couée
Date: 2015-09-27 02:53 pm (UTC)Re: A Limerick:
Date: 2015-09-27 02:59 pm (UTC)attempt rime couee
Date: 2015-09-27 03:06 pm (UTC)The lustrous Borgia pearl did drop.
“Hurrah!” Watson shouted.
“The senseless smashing now will stop!
Lestrade, pray don’t descend to strop!
Holmes should not be doubted.”
Re: This week's form: Rhymy bits with dodgy metre
Date: 2015-09-27 03:07 pm (UTC)Re: The poetry of Mrs H....response from Hopkins
Date: 2015-09-27 03:09 pm (UTC)Re: A Rime Couee...Contains pearly angst...
Date: 2015-09-27 03:10 pm (UTC)Re: A Limerick:
Date: 2015-09-27 03:11 pm (UTC)Re: This week's form: Rhymy bits with dodgy metre
Date: 2015-09-27 03:14 pm (UTC)Re: attempt rime couee
Date: 2015-09-27 03:14 pm (UTC)