The Bold Call is a ribald poetic form concerning immortality which grew out of the performances of The Beige Bites. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is a single couplet. Use of epenthesis and vivid imagery is characteristic of the form. A form of parallelism is common throughout the poem, in that certain lines are required to maintain phrasing. Each line has nine syllables. The first line is intended to express grief over the subject of the poem. The second line is intended to console the audience.