One could remix the tale of the Appointment at Samarra with pizza delivery instead of Death, but I’m no PTerry.
rblackadarsays
For me this poem evokes Emily Dickinson 479 — the meter, the 4-line stanzas, and the first sentence in particular. Something of an homage (with anchovies) I shouldn’t doubt.
Tethyssays
I see a lot in common between Poe’s verse, this poem, and some of the oldest examples of verse in the Norse/Anglo Saxon body of literature.
Alliteration on the first two lines, onomatopoeia, the syncopation etc…
I can think of an example that isn’t about death, though it’s true that most of these old storylines are ultimately about death too.
Under the tree, dwell maidens three
At the well within the wood.
Will be the first, Becoming another
The third one is called Should.
~Voluspa
Of course, the next verse describes how they carve into the roots of the tree, and set the fates of all men, so I guess it is about death.
dashdsrdashsays
Scans to “I Want to Give the World a Smile”, or “The Yellow Rose of Texas”.
Ah, distinctly I remember,
it was in the bleak December.
And each separate dying ember,
wrought its ghost upon the floor.
@Tethys: I always loved Poe.
In case you haven’t heard Christopher Lee read it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BefliMlEzZ8
One could remix the tale of the Appointment at Samarra with pizza delivery instead of Death, but I’m no PTerry.
For me this poem evokes Emily Dickinson 479 — the meter, the 4-line stanzas, and the first sentence in particular. Something of an homage (with anchovies) I shouldn’t doubt.
I see a lot in common between Poe’s verse, this poem, and some of the oldest examples of verse in the Norse/Anglo Saxon body of literature.
Alliteration on the first two lines, onomatopoeia, the syncopation etc…
I can think of an example that isn’t about death, though it’s true that most of these old storylines are ultimately about death too.
Under the tree, dwell maidens three
At the well within the wood.
Will be the first, Becoming another
The third one is called Should.
~Voluspa
Of course, the next verse describes how they carve into the roots of the tree, and set the fates of all men, so I guess it is about death.
Scans to “I Want to Give the World a Smile”, or “The Yellow Rose of Texas”.
Are you dead?
Would your head explode if I said “yes”?
Probably not.
I’m open to new ideas.