There’s magic in the web of formal verse:
A sonnet, say, will almost write itself;
The meter and the rhyme scheme soon disburse,
As if delivered by a fay or elf,
Whatever matter’s necessary for
The trope or notion that you have in mind:
For themes pedestrian or those that soar,
This kind of verse is readily designed.
It’s true, though, that your mind must be prepared,
Well stocked with sundry terms and turns of phrase,
So rhyming words may be so aptly paired
That every auditor you might amaze.
Or if it’s not so easy as I say,
You should devise to make it seem that way.
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