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Mad Calf

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Other Requirement, Isosyllabic

 
Description: 

This is the four stanza version of the Mad Cow. It is an allegorical pastoral written in six-syllable lines with the rhyme scheme: abcde fghij klmno eieio. It tends to be a bit lighter than the Mad Cow.

 
Attributed to: 

Sebastian “Duke” Delorange

 
Origin: 

American

 
Schematic: 
Rhyme scheme: abcde fghij klmno eieio.
All lines six syllables.
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

5

 
Line/Poem Length: 

20

 
See Also:  

Allegory, Bucolic, Georgic, Mad Cow, Pastoral

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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