My First Rondeau

23 June 2008 @ 08:35 pm

Okay, so you’re asking “… What the hell is a rondeau?”

Well, a rondeau is a form of French poetry in which the last word of each line is echoed in the next line until the poem loops back on itself to repeat the first line. It’s usually 16 lines long, but just for starters, mine’s quite short.

They say one of the best ways to understand poetry is to become a poet yourself. I’m not trying to become a poet, but there’s no harm in having a bit of fun, right?

If you shoot the frog, it will croak.

If the frog croaks, the fish will awaken.

If the fish awaken, the fishing season will start.

If the fishing season starts, men with rods will appear.

If men with rods appear, their sons will follow with nets.

If their sons follow with nets, they will catch tadpoles.

If they catch tadpoles, they will bring them home to rear.

If they bring them home to rear, they will grow into frogs.

If they grow into frogs, they will start croaking.

If they start croaking, it will get very noisy.

If they get very noisy, you’d be super irritated.

If you’re super irritated, you’d want to shoot the frog.

If you shoot the frog, it will croak.

There. Think it’s nonsensical? So do I.

I actually got the idea of shooting frogs from MGS3, where the player had to shoot all the Kerotan in the game in order to earn a good rating. They sort of make this weird sound when they get hit.

Hey, don’t blame me for writing this crap. It was a first time for me, okay. And besides, I was made to write this in an enrichment class with only 15 minutes to do so! I had no other inspiration and I was running out of time. Well, at least my teacher enjoyed it. :)


Current Location: at home
Current Mood: Creative
Current Music: "METAL GEAR SOLID" main theme from MGS3 OST