A "Days" poem consists of two or more tercets written in the following format:

A couplet of iambic pentameter followed by a four syllable line in iambic.
The couplet must rhyme.

Each four syllable line must rhyme with the subsequent four syllable lines in every additional tercet.

10 syllables--a
10 syllables--a
4 syllables---B

c
c
B

d
d
B

e
e
B
and so forth

It's called a "Days" poem because there are 24 syllables in each tercet. 24 hours in a day, 24 syllables in a tercet

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