The Born Buck is a ribald poetic form intended to beseech Thiti the Autumnal Field which grew out of the performances of The Ruthless Diamonds. The rules of the form are applied by poets to produce individual poems which can be recited. The poem is two octets. Use of metaphor is characteristic of the form. The eighth line of each octet reverses the word order of the fifth line. The rhyme scheme of the poem is ABABCDCC.