Step-by-step explanation:
The Pendulum is an invented verse form that features graduated line lengths. It was created by Etta J Murphy and was first published in Calkins, Haiku Highlights (July-August 1970).The Pendulum is:
a poem in 8 lines, an octastich.
syllabic, 8/6/4/2/2/4/6/8 syllables per line.
rhymed, rhyme scheme aabbccdd.