A poem where 15
syllable stanzas which begin with an anapest foot and having couplet rhyme
alternate with 10
syllable iambic stanzas with cross rhyme.
Rhyme Pattern: aabb
cdcd
I first saw this used by Jeff Green but have no ideas if is already a name form/
Example Poem
Constitutional
Deficiency
A democracy cannot
endure when gimme people learn
that they can
persuade their reps to confiscate what others earn.
This was first
proclaimed by Tytler, then Alexis de Tocqueville
The right to direct
one's earnings is in fact what makes one free.
My liberal friends
think as I once did,
that government
should cure whatever's wrong.
I recognized my
error as a kid.
Someone must pay the
piper for his song.
We've had only one
elected man at top who truly tried
to impede the
juggernaught we've wrought but could not hold the tide.
To defend our
nation, use its strength to minimize abuse
are enough, but
power wants more growth and leaps to find excuse.
The Tytle Cycle must
run its full course.
Our try died not
from faulty prior design.
We'll work for
masters like the noble horse.
The blame my friends
is really yours and mine.
© Lawrencealot -
Feb. 7, 2013
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