Day 312:

May 8-the Drottkvaet, old Norse Skaldic meter, any # of quatrains, 12 syllable lines, typically broken into half lines, with  troche meter used at the end of the half line, aBaB rhyme scheme, with a using assonance, and B a true rhyme. Couplets linked by assonance, each half line has 3 stressed and three unstressed syllables. Two word metaphoric descriptions help give the feel of a riddle. Metaphors can be Kennings(Norse mythology used as metaphors).

I’ll show you by Troche

---you must have the know how

It’s a tricky one, my, my

---Twelve syllables to rhyme

This form stands alone, say

---like a riddle for now.

Make assonance fly high

---mind’s worth, you’re done in time.

BTW, I'm not sure, but someone said V.E. Day was today. oh well.