Ottava rima, or eight-line stanza, was the poetic form favored by the Italian satirical writers of mock-heroic romances. The rhyme scheme of ottava rima, abababcc, is a demanding one and for that very reason encouraged the use of comic rhyme such as Byron employed so extensively in Don Juan. The concluding couplet can be used to end the stanza with a witticism or a swift fall from the lofty to the low or a surprise for the reader in the form of a pair of unexpected and clever comic rhymes.
(Ottava-rima-style poem)
He is the hero of amazed change when
He orchestrates around the work laws here.
He makes the workplace his own kingdom then,
Redundant staff are made to disappear,
The place is filled up with his homeland men,
The favoured are placed in top power tier.
There are openness and fairness applied!
A good official won’t be cast aside!
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