On Valiance & Beauty
Milady sits aloft a high tower
Waiting to be wooed by some handsome knight
There are a few men who would not cower
To slay a dragon in an awesome fight
She is hard to possess - and rightly so,
As compared to a lily among thorns!
Her heart breaks for every fallen beau
And for her true love, over whom she mourns
O’ righteous love! Thou that doest no wrong
Take up a cause for chivalries galore
And bring us to the place where we belong
Vying for glory as in days of yore.
Let now her honor ever be acclaimed,
Which God above has righteously sustained.
About this poem
I started this as a challenge to write more anachronistically. I wanted specifically to use knighthood as the central theme.
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Written on September 24, 2023
Submitted by NightingalePrince on September 24, 2023
Modified by NightingalePrince on January 18, 2024
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Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF XX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 556 |
Words | 115 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
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