Pandora's Box

Pandora was the young girl's name,
For mankind's ills she's been to blame
Unleashing evil is the claim,
'Tis such a shame, 'tis such a shame.

The box she had to see inside,
And when unlocked it opened wide,
Then all the evil flew outside,
'Twas then she cried, 'twas then she cried.

Her fellow man she had betrayed,
The evils of the world displayed,
She knew an error grave was made,
She was afraid, she was afraid.

Pandora was in such despair,
Her grief was quite a lot to bear,
She looked once more and was aware,
Hope was still there, hope was still there.

Monotetra

The monotetra is a new poetic form developed by Michael Walker. Each stanza contains four lines
in monorhyme. Each line is in tetrameter (four metrical feet) for a total of eight syllables. What makes
the monotetra so powerful as a poetic form, is that the last line contains two metrical feet, repeated.
It can have as few as one or two stanzas, or as many as desired.

Stanza Structure:

Line 1: 8 syllables; A1
Line 2: 8 syllables; A2
Line 3: 8 syllables; A3
Line 4: 4 syllables, repeated; A4, A4

http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/monotetra.html

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