Who's that tapping on my bridge? Might it be something tasty? |
Three Billy Goats Yum! I lie in wait beneath the bridge and lick my lips, my eyes ablaze. There’s nothing fearsome trolls like more than Billy Goat with Hollandaise. As shadows lengthen, prospects dim. I lie in wait beneath the bridge, dismayed that I may have to eat some week-old toad left in my fridge. With aching tummy left to mourn the tasty treats that might have been, I lie in wait beneath the bridge. Trolls should be fat, but I’m so thin. But wait, is that a tapping hoof? Three goats traipse down from yonder ridge. My dinner plans at last prepared, I lie in wait beneath the bridge. Based on a popular read-aloud story for children, "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" . The poem makes more sense if you have read the story. Written for Round 17 of Invalid Item . Form: Quatern A Quatern is a sixteen line French form composed of four quatrains. It has a refrain that is in a different place in each quatrain. The first line of stanza one is the second line of stanza two, third line of stanza three, and fourth line of stanza four. A quatern has eight syllables per line. It does not have to be iambic or follow a set rhyme scheme. I chose to write this in iambic tetrameter with an a/b/c/b rhyme scheme, because I like meter and rhyme and it isn't forbidden. line 1 line 2 line 3 line 4 line 5 line 6 (line 1) line 7 line 8 line 9 line 10 line 11 (line 1) line 12 line 13 line 14 line 15 line 16 (line 1) |