Guest Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 This is my first post, and probably my first attempt at creating a riddle like this. If I do it wrong I'm sorry, I'll try to fix it! I tried to be vague, but I think there are enough clues to lead you in the right direction. Good luck! Twas no midsummer's imagination Which did inspire this agitation Conspiratorial with baneful three Man yet lives and cauldron sings Yet dream did he, and that right well What did portend? The story tell Slay the lord, the lady say Tho not alone, not this day Pierce the hind, and grasp the token Merry, seems the mind is broken Sleep for one, unstirring still Sound the call and pay the bill The two reduce to one, by red Yet one shall not escape the dread So slay the child and save your skin The weald remove, the end begin The stain will hold no matter how reddened face and furrowed brow time and time and time you take til self by self the quietus make So fight the flight, and fail the fate til steel conspires to spoil the pate melancholy and forlorn at last to fall to one not born Can anyone tell me what is going on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Molly Mae Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Love the rhyme, so here's one back-- A solid answer do I lack. But a smirking guess approaches nigh: The untimely death of Lady Di? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Love the rhyme, so here's one back-- A solid answer do I lack. But a smirking guess approaches nigh: The untimely death of Lady Di? A part is near, and yet the whole is far; The answer is not found inside that car. Please read again my baleful, sorrowed song. I must confess, dear Molly Mae, you're wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 Abortion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Abortion? Wow, I can totally see where you get that. But no. Uncomfortable, yes, but not correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 There was a slight hint in my response to Molly Mae, but it may take some time to find it. Look closely. Or maybe not so closely. Or maybe both. Safe to say the first two answers have missed the mark by far! I'll start giving better hints soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Still nothing? Very well, take some time deciphering another clue... Most suredly, a dusty death awaits a yesterday lived out in fear and haste Creep on, oh petty pace which drives our life! Beset us with a fate of pain and strife Poor is the player on the stage who frets when sound is stilled and all seem to forget a tale in bloody fury felt and told when Words are all that's left there to behold Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Wilson Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 MacBeth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 (edited) MacBeth? Indeed. I wondered if that last clue made it a bit too easy. So what tipped you off to it? Now how do I mark this thing as solved? I can't find that part! Edited August 19, 2011 by jpar1983 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Guest Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 Now how do I mark this thing as solved? I can't find that part! Click the button that says "More reply options" It will take you to a page. On the right side of the text box is a link that says "Manage Topic Poll" Enter a poll title and at least two poll answers (I usually give the winner and ...) Then just add your reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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This is my first post, and probably my first attempt at creating a riddle like this. If I do it wrong I'm sorry, I'll try to fix it! I tried to be vague, but I think there are enough clues to lead you in the right direction. Good luck!
Twas no midsummer's imagination
Which did inspire this agitation
Conspiratorial with baneful three
Man yet lives and cauldron sings
Yet dream did he, and that right well
What did portend? The story tell
Slay the lord, the lady say
Tho not alone, not this day
Pierce the hind, and grasp the token
Merry, seems the mind is broken
Sleep for one, unstirring still
Sound the call and pay the bill
The two reduce to one, by red
Yet one shall not escape the dread
So slay the child and save your skin
The weald remove, the end begin
The stain will hold no matter how
reddened face and furrowed brow
time and time and time you take
til self by self the quietus make
So fight the flight, and fail the fate
til steel conspires to spoil the pate
melancholy and forlorn
at last to fall to one not born
Can anyone tell me what is going on here?
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