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A poem in Sparrowet form (described following the poem). |
| My eyes are crossed. My nerves are shot. Imagination? Gone to pot. All hope for satisfaction's lost. Sometimes I'm clever, sometimes not. I tapped my brain, but at what cost? My nerves are shot. My eyes are crossed. Sparrowlet form: > 6 lines (or multiples of). > 8 syllables per line. > Often written in iambic tetrameter (da DA da Da da DA da DA.) > Line 1 & line 6 of each stanza are each written in 2 hemistichs (stand-alone segments). > Line 1's segments are inverted & then repeated as a refrain in line 6. > Rhyme scheme BbabaA. |