The Riddle of Krigarlandet
Opposite thy facing direction,
Lay thy entrance to a map.
Carved in the ground,
Sitting in the city's lap.
North and South, one felled, thee foe remains.
Between them, the vastly gap.
Crossed the expanse,
Akin by naught but mishap.
Cursed were the Skräck, by their own indeed,
By Entity Three O' Three.
Out of their form,
With naught to bind them but he.
Two jewels, Six rings, four of wrists, two neck,
And but one Crown of decree.
Alas, this all,
The result of vengeful glee.
All of the Skräck's items of power
Bound by the sphere in the North.
From whence they came,
There they will, shall! return'th
Yea, the map shall lead thee to the Sphere.
Behold through it the emblem,
O' the Skräck's own,
What thee views, thee must condemn.
For without the end of the emblem,
Strong their items' bond remain.
Go forth yonder,
Be swift; time thee will not gain!
Spy the map! Look down upon the map!
Observe its web of many engraved,
Deeply entrenched, far across embossed,
Lines of the map, worst bane of the Skräck.
About this poem
this is for a book i'm writing. The characters must stop an evil enemy called the Skräck, of which there are nine of. The leader, Rynknov, was defeated in a battle hundreds of years ago, and Koyarxask, his most trusted servant, was decimated after his master's Crown was destroyed, to which both of them were bound. Now there are seven, all with items that they are bound to, and the characters must solve the riddle to find way to unbind those items so they can destroy them. Kinda complicated, but not really. :P more »
Written on October 01, 2023
Submitted by dig1talninjawastaken on October 01, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA XAXA XBXB CBXB DXXX XEXX EFDF AXXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,020 |
Words | 220 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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