Le Voyage Magnifique

Our Debt

Both West Point cadet
and crafty old vet
commit

to meet ev'ry threat
without any fret.
No quit!

We are in their debt
and shall not forget
their grit.

Notes on the Lai form of poetry ▼

The Lai is an ancient form of French poetry consisting of nine lines with syllable counts of 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2, 5, 5, 2 and a rhyme scheme of a, a, b, a, a, b, a, a, b, as described and demonstrated in the following link, produced and maintained by our very own Tinker : https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/686-lai-family-of-forms-lai-lai-nouveauky... .