Cats and Dogs (Double Tetractys)
Cat
Furry
Little kit
Lapping its milk
Whiskers now white, relaxing in its bed!
Time for a wash, its paws are all over!
Jumped on the car
From the mud
Dirty
Dog
Comments: Tetractys, a poetic form consisting of at least 5 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 10
syllables (total of 20). Tetractys can be written with more than one verse, but
must follow suit with an inverted syllable count. Tetractys can also be reversed
and written 10, 4, 3, 2, 1. Double Tetractys maybe written as: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4,
3, 2, 1, and a Triple Tetractys as: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 10, 4, 3, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 10.
Copyright © Joseph Spence Sr | Year Posted 2007
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