The Scaly Bear is a solemn poetic form intended to beseech Thiti the Autumnal Field, originating in The Tress of Bewildering. The form guides poets during improvised performances. The poem is a single quatrain. The fourth line of the quatrain contrasts the underlying meaning of the first line. The third line of the quatrain presents a different view of the subject of the first line. The first line has nine syllables. The second line has six syllables. The third line has eight syllables. The fourth line has six syllables.