he, bairn of Sorrow
in triumph o'er thee
his boast achieved
himself unpeered as
she fled to the moor
amid unknown icy fetters
he spake to thee
"list and obey!"
and bewept the woman
and now she, gloomy and grim; her flower was gone
untrod is their love
seek if thou dare!
'tis no happy place
she, hopelessly bewitched
believed: a good king he!
the woman was clansmen good.
reckless of life
he was blithe of his deed
her great wailing assended
and amid her heart went the keen war-shaft.
aww that was really good KK!
ReplyDeleteWow. That's really good. I figured these poems would sound awkward, but it flows very well.
ReplyDeleteThat was sad. But i liked it good job
ReplyDeleteKatelyn,
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful found poem! It is amazing that it came from Beowulf...I especially love how you bolded those two lines in between the tercets (stanzas with three lines). A note on the form....You used three tercets, then a bolded line, then three tercets and the bolded line again. I read into this (maybe too much?) to be how the "she" in the poem goes through life thinking there are these set patterns (the "magic three" motif), and then it all gets thrown back in her face (the bolded lines breaking up the "three" patterns). Or maybe that is just the poetry major in me, but it is important to think about how people will analyze EVERY aspect of your poem.
Nice job.