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The Raven, in sonnet form :D

 
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:32 pm    Post subject: The Raven, in sonnet form :D Reply with quote

Basically, as I was in a workshop on sonnets this morning, I was asked to write one, as one might expect. So I did. Here it is;

The Raven rose though the feathers do fall
In Taranspike they found the Xetesk mage
Though another feather gone to heavens call
Caught by the blade; lost to the war they wage.
And so into the lands of the Wesmen
The Raven quest deep through Understone and past
To the distant city of Parve, and then
The dark Dawnthief is used to save the last.
But as the Raven turns to grey and ages
The more feathers they oft lose, fall, and shed
To be condemned to history’s beloved pages
The remaining search for their rest instead.
Therefore it comes that they are past their best,
Finally a home they find; the Ravens Rest.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lovely stuff, thanks Cochin. I very much like the feathers falling analogy.

Welcome to the forum by the way. Stay awhile...
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

James wrote:
Lovely stuff, thanks Cochin. I very much like the feathers falling analogy.

Welcome to the forum by the way. Stay awhile...


Ditto on all of the above Very Happy
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice cochin , welcome to the forum Very Happy
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Cochin Breaker



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 4:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glad y'all like it Very Happy
It's definately going to find its way into my poetry assignment, which means lovely marks for me ^^
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Did I say analogy? I meant, of course, metaphor.

You know I've always got those two confused. One of those blank spots for me, like which end of the battery is + and which -, and the definitions of polemic and didactic. Always have to look them up. Weird stuff.

Let us know exactly how close to 100% you got with your assignment, by the way.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

lol; I will do Smile
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