1. Additionally, the verse scheme used, terza rima, is hendecasyllabic (lines of eleven syllables), with the lines composing tercets according to the rhyme scheme aba, bcb, cdc, ded, ....

2. Anterooms contains some clever fun for children (and adults) -- "Some Words Inside of Words" -- as well as some quietly serious cogitations on the grimmer aspects of life such as war and the cessation of that life -- "Terza Rima." Wilbur's precision and his agile mind envelop every offering in this book.