The Eggs
The hens have stopped laying
Six is all I can give
Send little Johnny over soon
Maybe if the hens live
I can give another six
That will make even twelve
Then on the morrow eight laid well
On the coming day delve
(This is poulter's measure with fun. It was designed after what a poulter would
do..Sometimes one would get a dozen eggs and then maybe fourteen. So lines with twelve
syllables and then lines with fourteen. This scheme is six, six, eight, six. With the second
and fourth rhyming. The first two equal twelve and the second two equal fourteen. I found
this online at a site that had poetry information. I used delve to get a rhyme and it means
searching for information.)
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