That’ll Do

Rhyme and Meter matter
When when they serve to emphasize
An overlooked assumption
Lead to laughter or surprise
Or even irritation
(If for more than clumsy wording)
Rhyme and Meter are the dogs
The reader whom they’re herding

Iambition

It isn’t all that hard to write in verse
If by a “verse” we mean a meter’d line
If rhyme’s involved, the struggle’s slightly worse
But possible e’en so (just takes more time)
The tricky part’s to make the matter worth
The reader’s effort to divine the sense
Tho’ miners move a mountain’s maw of earth
For each gold nugget, words rate less expense
A greater challenge yet may one attempt
By use of templates, paradoxic’ly;
To lift such structur’d verse above contempt
Negotiation with the form is key
A tip: Should spelling throw the meter off
Fear not! That’s why God made the apostroph’