I grew up watching Perry Como sing on TV. One of my favorite songs was Swingin on a Star...

A Seasoned Octet

Introducing a new form by Dolly of eight syllables per four lined stanza, written in iambic tetrameter. The rhyming complex is indicated below and can be made up of multiple stanzas. I hope you enjoy it, although it is very challenging to write.

x a x x x x x b
x x x b x x x c
x c x x x x x b
x x x a x x x c

x d x x x x x e
x x x e x x x a
x a x x x x x e
x x x d x x x a

x f x x x x x g
x x x g x x x d
x d x x x x x g
x x x f x x x d

x h x x x x x i
x x x i x x x f
x f x x x x x i
x x x h x x x f

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