The Intentional Overview is a poetic riddle, originating in The Moldy Bitter-Melon-Leaf. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is a single couplet. Use of ambiguity and simile is characteristic of the form. A form of parallelism is common throughout the poem, in that certain lines often contrast underlying meaning. Each line has thirteen syllables. The ending of each line of the poem shares the same rhyme, though the rhyming doesn't have to be perfect. The second line of the couplet uses the same placement of allusions as the first line. The second line of the couplet must expand the idea of the first line. The first line is intended to describe the past. The second line is intended to offer a different perspective concerning current events.