well, I am one who has whinged about scansion (read: meter). should you brave Chris Strollin's world (OEDILF) you will encounter very strict requirements for meter. not even passing the rather basic gate of having equal numbers of syllables within the aabba pattern will suffice there (da-da-DUM).

http://www-b.oedilf.com/db/Lim.php?View=Meter

having read some fine examples of the art by the likes of Nash and Asimov, and having tried my hand at it and discovered the effort needed to approach something I'd want to make public...

here's something by Ogden Nash:

There once was a miser named Clarence
Who Simonized both of his parents;
"The initial expense,"
he remarked, "is immense,
But it saves on the wearance and tearance."

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you may want to complain about the syllabification, but this is one of the tricky things. try saying it aloud:

there-ONCE-was a-MIS-er nam'd-CLAR-ence
who-SIM-on iz'd-BOTH-of his-PAR-ents;
"[the]* i-NI-tial ex-PENSE-,"
he re-MARK'd-, "is im-MENSE-,
but it-SAVES-on the-WEAR-ance and-TEAR-ance"

*acting, I gather, rather like a pickup note