Tybalt's Challenge

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Tybalt's challenge to Romeo:

For the rogue Romeo of Montague:
A noble not deservant of thy rank;
For who would come in honesty and truth
Behind an antic face to scorn the fests,
Then steal the unobliging host's fair child.
What jest this is it humors me the least.
Pick up thy blade! Become the gentleman
That thou art not! 'Tis to no woman that
Thou answers now, but to my naked sword!


A/N: There are three letters mentioned in Romeo and Juliet that Shakespeare never wrote: Tybalt's challenge to Romeo, Friar Lawrence's explanation to Romeo, and Romeo's letter to his father/suicide note. This is Tybalt's challenge in response to Romeo and his friends crashing the Capulets' party wearing masks and Romeo 'stealing' Juliet (Tybalt's cousin).
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You could make the three unrevealed letters into a neat sequence of poems, you know. Here are my suggestions:

Then steal the unobliging host's fair child.

How about a question mark after this line to break things up a bit?

What jest this is it humors me the least.

Muddled. How about: "What jest is this that humors me the least." or "This is the sort of jest that humors me the least."

That thou art not! 'Tis to no woman that

"That" should be "whom."

Thou answers now, but to my naked sword!

Very nice tongue-in-cheek ending.

This piece has potential, but it could use some refining. If you do pursue a three-part poem of letters, you will also need some context, and perhaps a description of how you imagine the writers to act as they write.
Happy revising!
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