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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 bref double.
Wikipedia gives this definition:
Bref double is a French poetic form consisting of 3 quatrains and a final couplet, making 14 lines.
According to Lyon, [the rhyme scheme is]:
axbc
xaxc
axab
ab
According to Turco, [the rhyme scheme is]:
axbc
xaxc
bxxc
ab
However, other variants are possible, such as:
axxc
bxxc
abxc
ab
Both sources agree that there is no requirement of meter in a bref double, though all lines must be consistent in length.
To clarify: the lines marked “x” are lines that do not rhyme with anything else—even other lines marked “x”.
Here is my example poem. I am using the Turco rhyme scheme:
Mr. Holmes is conversing en français
With the father of Inspector Lestrade.
It’s not a language he’s exposed to much—
The old man smiles at the kind thought.
His son though stands and furrows his brow.
Perhaps keen for him and his father to be on their way,
He tries to catch his parent’s eye.
French is a language the Inspector was not taught.
But after ten minutes of small talk and such
Mr. Holmes apologises and has to go
And father and son share a rueful grin.
Mr. Holmes’ expertise was all for naught.
You see, Lestrade Senior was too polite to say
That despite the name, he is in fact Dutch.
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, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, curtal sonnet, 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 Second Stain 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 bref double.
Wikipedia gives this definition:
Bref double is a French poetic form consisting of 3 quatrains and a final couplet, making 14 lines.
According to Lyon, [the rhyme scheme is]:
axbc
xaxc
axab
ab
According to Turco, [the rhyme scheme is]:
axbc
xaxc
bxxc
ab
However, other variants are possible, such as:
axxc
bxxc
abxc
ab
Both sources agree that there is no requirement of meter in a bref double, though all lines must be consistent in length.
To clarify: the lines marked “x” are lines that do not rhyme with anything else—even other lines marked “x”.
Here is my example poem. I am using the Turco rhyme scheme:
With the father of Inspector Lestrade.
It’s not a language he’s exposed to much—
The old man smiles at the kind thought.
His son though stands and furrows his brow.
Perhaps keen for him and his father to be on their way,
He tries to catch his parent’s eye.
French is a language the Inspector was not taught.
But after ten minutes of small talk and such
Mr. Holmes apologises and has to go
And father and son share a rueful grin.
Mr. Holmes’ expertise was all for naught.
You see, Lestrade Senior was too polite to say
That despite the name, he is in fact Dutch.
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, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, curtal sonnet, 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 Second Stain in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!
Mrs. Hudson
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A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 08:05 am (UTC)What an odd turn Holmes’s career took—
Farming with bees on the Sussex Downs.
Flying insects planting peas and beans,
Ploughing the fields in a miniature tractor.
And Holmes watching, studying it all.
Eventually working it into a book.
It must have been hard on his ageing body:
Eyesight strain must have been a factor.
Was the farm Holmes’s or was it the queen’s?
Was our distinguished hero just a drone?
It would be hard for him to pass as a bee
But he was always an exceptional actor.
You’re giving me a most peculiar look.
Is this not what bee-farming means?
Re: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 08:16 am (UTC)Re: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 04:48 pm (UTC)Re: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 12:58 pm (UTC)Re: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 04:51 pm (UTC)Re: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 04:56 pm (UTC)Re: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 06:16 pm (UTC)RE: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 05:56 pm (UTC)Re: A bref double
Date: 2015-11-01 06:05 pm (UTC)Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 08:17 am (UTC)A blackmail, a letter in blue –
And the horrors it told
Of Colonials’ hold
Are once again hidden from view.
Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 12:58 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 05:21 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 04:57 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 05:16 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 06:37 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-02 01:31 am (UTC)Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 05:01 pm (UTC)I love your use of colours, btw: the blood, the blackmail, the blue envelope.
Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 05:23 pm (UTC)RE: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-01 05:56 pm (UTC)Re: Limerick: For the Good of the Empire
Date: 2015-11-02 01:32 am (UTC)Re: Brief double: alternative strategy.
Date: 2015-11-01 12:59 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Brief double: alternative strategy.
Date: 2015-11-01 05:58 pm (UTC)Oops bref not brief...spellchecker too diligent...
Re: Brief double: alternative strategy.
Date: 2015-11-01 05:08 pm (UTC)It does sound like the more sensible option ^^" I can only assume the Prime Minister thought they didn't have the right to destroy it - proper records had to be kept, even though it was a dangerous document.
RE: Re: Brief double: alternative strategy.
Date: 2015-11-01 05:59 pm (UTC)Failed Beeswing
Date: 2015-11-01 12:00 pm (UTC)For he sees me as the perfect loving wife
Even though other lives be lost, other wives bereaved
When my actions bring them to armoured strife
Re: Failed Beeswing
Date: 2015-11-01 04:59 pm (UTC)Re: Failed Beeswing
Date: 2015-11-04 09:17 pm (UTC)Re: Failed Beeswing
Date: 2015-11-01 05:18 pm (UTC)I know we've discussed this before but I do feel you are being too hard on Lady Hilda. Yes, she acted selfishly and she must have been aware the document was important - but she was under a great deal of stress, and she couldn't have known the document might have lead directly to a terrible war.
Re: Failed Beeswing
Date: 2015-11-04 09:18 pm (UTC)RE: Failed Beeswing
Date: 2015-11-01 06:00 pm (UTC)Re: Failed Beeswing
Date: 2015-11-04 09:19 pm (UTC)Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-11-01 01:01 pm (UTC)Re: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-11-01 05:22 pm (UTC)RE: Re: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-11-01 06:01 pm (UTC)Re: Your poem, Mrs H
Date: 2015-11-01 06:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-01 04:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-11-01 05:24 pm (UTC)