Writing in Snow

Playing Chicken in Washington, D.C.

This is not a game of chicken
Financial matters are at stake
Make the results nonpartisan
This is not a game of chicken
Ignore your party connection
Or the nation’s back you will break
This is not a game of chicken
Financial matters are at stake

Line Count: 8
Form: Triolet is an 8-line form. In this form the 1st, 4th, and 7th line repeat and the 2nd and 8th lines repeat as well. One way to write a triolet is in iambic tetrameter with each line being 8-syllable lines (4 metrical feet). Another way is in iambic pentameter, with each line being 10-syllable lines (5 metrical feet). The rhyme scheme is ABaAabAB. A triolet had no punctuation marks; its topic is humorous or satirical.