Amusement Toys

For the Rhythm and Rhyme Contest.

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Circus elephants entertain us,
by performing funny tricks.
Their blitheness brings utter happiness,
Removes our gloom and fills with frolics.

Like human beings they express their
emotions of laughter, joy.
Brings utter happiness their blitheness,
Their playful prances we do enjoy.

Alas! the ringmaster prods them with a
stick roughly, chains their freedom.
Their blitheness brings utter happiness,
which is not confined to their serfdom.

Form: Zanila Rhyme
Prompt: Image

The ZaniLa Rhyme, a form created by Laura Lamarca, consists 4 lines per stanza.
The rhyme scheme for this form is abcb and a syllable count of 9/7/9/9 per stanza.
Line 3 contains internal rhyme and is repeated in each odd numbered stanza.
Even stanzas contain the same line but swapped.
The ZaniLa Rhyme has a minimum of 3 stanzas and no maximum poem length.

See for examples: http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/zanilarhyme.html