Published March 14, 2009
I'm sure plenty of you have had similar assignments...this was extra credit, but it's Friday and I won't get to show it off to my teacher and class until Monday, so I thought "Why not post it on YWS?"
Well, enjoy. 
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Oh, and just in case you don't catch it, the narrator is actually Poe himself.
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Many a night I sat in thought, and with an acid pen I wrought
Far too many a dark and mysterious piece of accursed bore,
While I prodded, hardly caring with whom my incest I was sharing,
At the paper softly tearing, tearing through upon the door.
“This is brilliant!” I exclaimed, tearing through upon the door--
“It’s junk like this my fans adore!”
Oh, succinctly I intended to write useless words, pretended
That I could resist the urge to make my readers, critics, snore.
Patiently I waited, biding; - wasting time often spent riding
On the waves of fame still rising - rising from atrocious lore -
But on this night I did desire to write something slightly more -
Something not a Gothic snore.
So I lightened up the blackened room with logs I set a-crackin’,
Glowing - showing all my terrible errors never seen before;
Somehow now, with resolve waning, I heard a harsh, sharp complaining,
Of some protestor - now I must repeat this line only once more -
Some late protestor - this is what I get for using over-patterned forms -
This he said, and nothing more:
Presently: “Your prose is lacking; you need fundamental backing,
Sir,” said he, “Or else a few more ways of writing about your ‘horror‘.”
But instead of his words heeding, out I went into the evening,
And so madly was I pleading - pleading him to speak no more -
“Get off of me, you creepy guy!” and from my groping arms he tore,
Then ran, and ran, and ran s’more.
Deep into that darkness wandering, long I mumbled, thinking, pondering,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no writer ever dared to dream before,
But the paper was undamaged; Not much else could my mind manage.
With only this one word written upon the paper, they’ll all adore,
I alone knew, raving mad though I surely was, and so I wrote some more
About this word nevermore.
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I agree, you should definitely be proud of it! It's very whimsical and you show a great amount of wit and control. I loved all of your rhyming and it flowed very nicely off the tongue (I'm sure I sounded crazy reading it aloud, but ah well, that's what poetry is for!). The only thing I'd suggest is checking your punctuation - you don't need a lot of the capital letters you use at the beginning of lines. If it's a run-on line, just check you've got the punctuation correct.
Definitely deserving of a gold star! I'm sure even Poe himself would be amused...
Other than that, I love it!
This was an interesting take on a classical poem. You pulled it of very well. It was brilliantly written. It showed depth, emotion and was witty! Extraordinary imagery and word choice. I could see it all. *Gold Star*
Aheh. Wow.
I feel really stupid right now. I don't know what this is a parody of. Well, I get it's a Poe thinger, but I don't recognize anything.
I'm just that pathetic.
Congrats on the grade.
You definitely deserved it.
I loved this piece, even if I didn't get the humor.
I suppose I don't have to go into a detailed crit. since you already handed it in and all...not to mention my mom's bugging me to get off the computer.
Anyhow, loved it. Way to go.
*Gold star for you.
-Jocelyn
I like Poe too, but that's not going to stop me from insulting him in my parody. >=)
I don't mind reading junk other people wrote, but when it was mine I was nervous as heck.
As for the grade, my teacher thought it was great. She read it in front of the Regents class and had me read it in front of my class.
XD I loved this line.
But I am kind of sad. How can you not like poe?? I'm sad to say I love this poem. Poor poe.
No suggestions, really. I'm sure you'll get a good grade on this.
~MV
Wow...great job! I don't really care for Poe *don't kill me* but this was brilliant. It seems more like a story than a poem though. I also think some things should be indented where you didn't indent. I don't really know for sure though, I don't really review much poetry.
It was awesome, nevertheless.
--Colt--
Oh gosh. This was...brilliant. I cringed when I saw that it was a parody of one of my favorite poems, but you definitely kept the form and the tone of the piece throughout. Except the narrator's dialogue, but that's what made it so funny.
A lovely take on a classic on a subject that I'm sure we can all relate to. I'm afraid I have no suggestions! Good luck in class.
*star*
-Mars