The crab in this poem is referred to as being tiny, so I thought a short form of poetry would be the most effective. This is a triolet, a French form originally, so it would originally have been pronounced tree-oh-lay, but anglicised versions are acceptable these days so you can say tree-oh-let and get away with it. The form restrcts the rhyming to just two in the same way as the lonely rock pool restricts, at least for the time being, the crab's outlook. Although lines are repeated, emphasizing the importance of the crab, punctuation is important here, as differently placed commas in the repeated lines, subtly alter the sense slightly.

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