Lament for Lady Beth by Jonas Hyde Once there was a man who walked this cobbled street, with quill and ink in hand, who accomplished such a magnificent feat, on a scale so wide and grand, for he was a poet true, known far across this land, as a smith of words, oft who,...
Insula de Verum by Jonas Hyde Act One 10, June 1790 Strait of Juan de Fuca Through the gossamer obscurity of the evening’s shadow, dwelling firm upon the tide spawned from the strength of Neptune’s shoulders, rippled with his labored breath, nigh a moment of Life’s pulse past the crepuscule, I challenged the pluvious...
The Days and Nights of Sir Alistair Helling: The House of Ill Repute By Jonas Hyde The Days and Nights of Sir Alistair Helling: The House of Ill Repute By Jonas Hyde Intriguing, it is to this certain self, how I e’er find myself in situations, particularly ones such as this chronicle ‘fore you....
Daughter’s Dream by Jonas Hyde Hear this song for it once rang true, of a young girl named Anya and her kitty too. It started one night long ago, when the moon was full and the land was covered with snow. The little girl thought she’d awoke from a bad dream, but when she...
The Bounty by Jonas Hyde Oh life, my life, this is my sorrow, oh death, my death, can you offer me no pity? If only I were more guile or more witty, I would surely wake in the ‘morrow. At the start I fell to Tempter’s ploy, and in the while since have truly...
Epic Poetry An epic is a lengthy narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation. Oral poetry may qualify as an epic, and Albert Lord and Milman Parry have argued that classical epics were fundamentally an oral poetic form. Nonetheless, epics have...
Ottava Rima Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of Italian origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of mock-heroic works. Its earliest known use is in the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio. The ottava rima stanza in English consists of eight iambic lines,...
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