Of syllable penultimate.
The same to all such words applies,
And īs contracted, meaning eis,
Long too,—and pray remember this
Are monosyllables in is.
Save ĭs the nominative pronoun,
And quĭs, and bĭs, which last is no noun.
When verbs by is concluded are,
In second person singular;
But in the plural itis make,