Eight vs. Seven

Octelle Poem

Eight is an amazing number
It never seems to find slumber
A count of eight from the gate
Seven early, but nine late
Six is minus one. but still
Seven not six, get real!
Eight is an amazing number
It never seems to find slumber

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The Octelle is an eight-line poem conceived by Emily Romano. The structure consists of 8, 8, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8 syllables per line with a rhyme psttern of AAbbccAA, where the first and second lines are repeated for the seventh and eighth lines.