Death A'Knocking
I hear a chanting, a' chanting at my door.
But as I peer the window, I see nothing and nothing more.
I sit by the fire, trying to keep warm.
Trying to keep warm, though hear a crashing, crashing from the storm.
Knock, knock.
I hear raking, scratching at my door.
Again I patrol my window, and see nothing and nothing more.
The darkness from the night begins to reign over the room.
The lights start to flicker, a' flickering, signaling my doom.
Now I hear a banging, a' banging at my door.
No more do I check the window, for I assume it is nothing and nothing more.
The clanging of the room, the room once filled with noise.
Now all was silent, all but an eerie voice.
Again, I hear a chanting, a' chanting at my door.
As I proceed to open it, I see Death and nothing more.
(I got inspiration for this write from Edgar Allen Poe, though I did not copy him. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Please comment as you please.)
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Reads Poe like, has the foreboding characteristics. raskin
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Quoth the raven, `Nevermore"
Undoubtably EA Poe Inspired
I was getting Edgar Allen Poe vibes from the first "and nothing more." It was really different because it seemed like it might have been a few verses that were thrown out in the process of Writing the Raven, or something he scribbled over The Raven. It has a certain depth to it not only because it is a deep, dark, and depressing (the three Ds, got to love them) but also because I felt there was a hidden message Da Vinci Code style. You feel like the poem is the aftermath of the Raven, the same speaker is talking to you with his same insane mannerisms and this gives the illusion that the "something more" hiding in this poem was "The Raven", and nothing more.
With all sincerity,
--The Bleeding Bridesmaid