This form has got a fearsome reputation;

I don’t know why, it seems ok to me.

I guess it’s ‘cause there’s lots of repetition.

 

Come now and let’s review my definition;

five tercets and a quatrain, I agree

this form has got a fearsome reputation.

 

I thought it was a simple composition,

but straight away the problem’s there to see;

I guess it’s ‘cause there’s lots of repetition.

 

With just two rhymes to write in this tradition,

you’ll find it hard to have it flowing free;

this form has got a fearsome reputation.

 

Consumed with your desire for recognition,

you’ll have a go, but there’s no guarantee;

I guess it’s ‘cause there’s lots of repetition.

 

It’s just as well a writer’s disposition

will spur him on despite his muse’s plea.

I guess it’s ‘cause there’s lots of repetition;

this form has got a fearsome reputation.