The Economist of Cores is a poetic narrative intended to amuse the audience, originating in The Coati of Shedding. The form guides poets during improvised performances. The poem is a single tercet. Use of symbolism and simile is characteristic of the form. Forms of parallelism are common throughout the poem, in that certain lines are required to maintain phrasing and they use the same placement of allusions. Every line of the poem has an initial caesura. The first line concerns the past. It has nine syllables. The second line concerns current events. It has five syllables. The third line concerns the future. It has four syllables. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABB.