Tinker Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Explore the Craft of Writing PoetryGerman Verse Schuttelreim 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 Shuttlereim 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 elements of the Schuttelreim are: a single rhyming couplet. 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. Springtime's triad -- thrush, lake, dove, tell the sunlight their dark love. --- Robin Skelton (from Shapes of our Singing) German and Austrian Poetic Forms: Bar Form Dinggedicht Golliardic Verse Knittelvers Minnesang Nibelungen Shuttelreim ~~ © ~~ Poems by Judi Van Gorder ~~ For permission to use this work you can write to Tinker1111@icloud.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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