Like The Muse, A Goddess Forgotten

A cento poem using Shakespeare (Macbeth and Sonnet XXI) and Keats (Ode to Psyche).

Nature seems dead, and wicked dreams abuse.

No shrine, no grove, no oracle, no heat.

So is it not with me as with that Muse?

No voice, no lute, no pipe, no incense sweet. 

Author's Note

Credit goes to Shakespeare and Keats. Any reviews would be greatly appreciated :)

Reviews

[Alessander]

It really does read like a classical poem. More Shakespeare than Keats, methinks.

I love Keats, but he was much more longwinded lol

I like the parallel structure. shrine, grove oracle heat. voice, lute, pipe, incense.

Rhetorically sound.

[Ethan]

Two lines were from Keats, two from Shakespeare.Thank you

[Alistair (Ali)]

From John Boorman's " Excalibur"
"The days of our kind are numberèd. The one God comes to drive out the many gods. The spirits of wood and stream grow silent. It's the way of things. Yes... it's a time for men, and their ways."

Good write!

[Dawn]

Your words were impactful. I enjoyed the comparisons and the "music" within it. Lovely

[Ethan]

Thank you Dawn :)))

[Great Aunt Astri]

Well, you have certainly come up with a very good four liner. Good and unforced rhymes, ten syllables per line, Good rhythm and the last words 'no incense sweet.' remind me of the word 'bitter sweet'. And your poem does have a sense of that, in its pathos. Well written.

[Ethan]

Thank you very much :)

[John Alexander McFadyen]

a gentle stream bubbling over pebbles as each word sits in the bedrock of this splendid offering and is washed by sparkling charm,

[Ethan]

Haha your review is more poetic than the poem you reviewed xD Great job

[Annette Pisano-Higley]

Plays so beautifully on the ears...Classical marriage of Shakespeare and Keats-one enhancing the other. Lovely, lyrical. Kudos!

[Ethan]

Thank you :) They're two of my favorites

[rowan.taylorrr]

I really like how your work comes off as more of a older type instead of bascis like todays. your pieces are always different to read and actually makes people think. well done:)

[Ethan]

Thanks :))))

[Mr.Writer]

Ooh! I really liked how you used bits of the poem, ode to psyche to create this!!
Well done Ethan, I enjoyed!

[Ethan]

Thank you very much

[Mr.Writer]

No problem Ethan :)