The Nettles of Bossing is a ribald poetic form intended to express pleasure with war which grew out of the performances of The Sweltering Bilberries. The form guides poets during improvised performances. The poem is a single quatrain. The Nettles of Bossing is always written from the perspective of the author. Use of consonance is characteristic of the form. Each line has fourteen syllables. The first line must make use of assonance. The third line must make use of assonance and elision. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABBB.