A Spider and His Fly

[Volaticus]

I noticed that the 2nd stanza had a clear rhyme scheme, but the others strayed away from that a little. Was that intentional? I think the ABABC rhyming in S2 works well with the theme and metaphor. Thanks for the read.

Thank you for reading my post! I was aiming for the ABABC scheme throughout, but was settling for an almost rhyme in the first and last stanza to keep my metaphor without being too trite in my rhyme scheme. I am not sure it is exactly on point yet... so I will consider your input! Thanks again!

I can see why you didn't want to give up some of the metaphor for rhyming. But imo the poem would have a better flow if the rhyming was consistent. It would read better that way, I think. You could also use that to perhaps strengthen some of the weaker lines. But I'm no expert on poetry, I can only say what I personally think