- each line has two or more parts
- each line has a break somewhere near the middle
- each stanza contains three lines
- each poem can contain any number of stanzas
It can be demonstrated as follows where A, B, C are three successive phrases that make a sentence or stanza and are repeated exactly as follows-
line 1: B+C
line 2: A+B
line 3: A+C
never going to be loved or adored
like an exquisite keyboard
a xylophone of bones
never going to be loved or adored
a xylophone of bones
like an exquisite keyboard
Rodney Wood 