Child of the Night [Ottava Rima]

by BrokenMisery   Jul 11, 2006


All the angels ignore my howling plead,
Sending death's kiss in a pink rose bouquet.
Grave dug on hells turf, ready to proceed,
At the sun set on my very last day.
My blood squeezed from my eyes, tears to concede,
As this hunger inside me fades away.
Left in a wooden cage to suffocate,
Death consumes me as I disintegrate.

They used to call me the ‘child of the night’
Forever bathed in misery’s presence.
Not a human but a demon of plight
A beast feeding on world pain in essence
My tongue took the melancholy of light.
And the innocence in me now lessens,
Burning prey with smoke from my father’s hand
I’m the devil’s daughter, the child of man...

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Ottava Rima is a poem where the stanzas consist of eight
lines each. Each line has a ten -or- eleven syllable count.
The rhyming scheme for Ottava Rima is as follows:
abababcc

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  • 17 years ago

    by HOLLYWOODxBANGBANG

    The ending was different than what I expected it to be. And I loved that, I like predicting and ending and being totally wrong but still completely taken away by the ending that is actually there. Keep it up! 5/5 =]

    -Jenna.

  • 17 years ago

    by LadyPearl

    Absolutely Love it! Perfect ending!

  • 17 years ago

    by N J Thornton

    I'm not familiar with the poetry form so I've followed your instructions to how it should be set out. I don't know if I've miss counted but line one and line eight don't seem to follow the syllable rule.
    I thought you used decent vocab, portraying creative and vivid imagery. However, words such as "angel" "blood" "shadow" etc etc are very cliche and spoilt it slightly for me.
    Thanks for sharing.