The Pond-Grabber of Bull-Sharks

The Pond-grabber of Bull-sharks is a poetic riddle intended to praise Ehigibsal, originating in The Regulation of Maize. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is a single line. Use of elision, ambiguity and simile is characteristic of the form. The poem has seven syllables. The poem has a medial caesura.

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