04-11-2014, 08:01 AM
"Sir, may I respectfully disagree? A riddle-poem is worth reading. You guess the subject while it is hinted at, and the answer is revealed in the end. I find it perfect for unspeakable subjects, such as drugs, which this poem seems to be about."
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I disagree back, nor do I think the writer needs someone with an easy out to save him from unclear writing. Riddle-poem is not even a word, but I will answer that anyway.
This is not a riddle-poem as it is not a riddle. A riddle has only one answer that works well, not multiple answers that work equally well. This could be a poem about cigarette smoking and getting cancer. This could be about "demon" rum. Basically any self-destructive behavior could be the answer to this poem. Anorexia comes to mind.
"The horror in the mirror, proof, their audacity was wrong."
It could be an enduro bike racer, looking at his broken body in a wheel chair. The earlier images could be the other motorcycles and how they paint them.
There are many answers that fit equally well if not better than methamphetamine. There is not a single thing you can point to in this poem (before the last two line) that is methamphetamine specific.
Plus, I don't think he meant it as a riddle poem. There is nothing to say he did. If a riddle-poem about methamphetamine, why did he not just write the answer at the end as
methamphetamine:
No, the last line reads as if he has no confidence in what he has written. "Claws of the Beast " is more specific to D&D than to speed. I went through 5 pages of search on "Claws of the Beast", which was all there was before it started giving answers related to the wording, not one answer connected it to speed.
Speak "friend" and enter. The answer "friend" in elvish (Lord of the rings - Fellowship of the Rings). One and only one answer. That's how riddles work. A "riddle-poem" is simply a riddle put to verse. It is still under the same restrictions.
Sorry, but making excuses for someone's poor writing only hurts them.
Dale
From dictionary.com
Riddle: a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
"meaning" singular.
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I disagree back, nor do I think the writer needs someone with an easy out to save him from unclear writing. Riddle-poem is not even a word, but I will answer that anyway.
This is not a riddle-poem as it is not a riddle. A riddle has only one answer that works well, not multiple answers that work equally well. This could be a poem about cigarette smoking and getting cancer. This could be about "demon" rum. Basically any self-destructive behavior could be the answer to this poem. Anorexia comes to mind.
"The horror in the mirror, proof, their audacity was wrong."
It could be an enduro bike racer, looking at his broken body in a wheel chair. The earlier images could be the other motorcycles and how they paint them.
There are many answers that fit equally well if not better than methamphetamine. There is not a single thing you can point to in this poem (before the last two line) that is methamphetamine specific.
Plus, I don't think he meant it as a riddle poem. There is nothing to say he did. If a riddle-poem about methamphetamine, why did he not just write the answer at the end as
methamphetamine:
No, the last line reads as if he has no confidence in what he has written. "Claws of the Beast " is more specific to D&D than to speed. I went through 5 pages of search on "Claws of the Beast", which was all there was before it started giving answers related to the wording, not one answer connected it to speed.
Speak "friend" and enter. The answer "friend" in elvish (Lord of the rings - Fellowship of the Rings). One and only one answer. That's how riddles work. A "riddle-poem" is simply a riddle put to verse. It is still under the same restrictions.
Sorry, but making excuses for someone's poor writing only hurts them.
Dale
From dictionary.com
Riddle: a question or statement so framed as to exercise one's ingenuity in answering it or discovering its meaning; conundrum.
"meaning" singular.
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.