Savage Soverntiy

A comparison poem of different takes on MacBeth that I did for English Composition 1

Mischievous she-devils
Crippled hags
Faceless vixens

Prophecies
An empty room of nurses to nurse their curiosity
Foretell
Songs of liege and legacy
Envisions
Foggy illusions of future animosity

Skull shattering bullet
Jingle, jingle ring the chains of death
Off with his head
A trader he be
Thane of Cawdor he can not be
Thane of Cawdor Macbeth shall be

The bullet that shattered was by a Nazi's hand
The chains that jingled were of a King's demand
The guillotine rang to a Viking band

Lady Macbeth, Lady Macbeth
Quick to kill but slow to the thrill
A smile of warmth
A soul of chills
Lady Macbeth, Lady Macbeth

A feast! A feast!
Jubilance anon!
Betrayal the main course
Death as a dessert
The host and hostess as the servers

Minds clouded
Drugged with guilt and sleep
Illusions of daggers and murdered sleep
Bells breaking a floating hallucination
Condemning their fate

Allies of one turn to another
Feast of celebration transpires to turmoil
Banquo becomes the main attraction
Revealing murder's guilt
A crash through a banquet
A chase through the halls

A yearning to sooth his mind
Corpses foretell a warning of immortal breaking
A caldron bubbles with account of exulting pride
Eight kings of regale heir
Banquo's ghost the leading end

Paranoia becomes the mindful path
A killing spree continues
Lady MacDuff, so calm and collected
A son, so young and bright
A replaced kill for honest kill

Revenge turns to honor
Land against land
A long allegiance transpires to a miniature war

Guilt taking hold
Lady MacBeth a walker of the night
'Out, damned spot! Out, I say!'
A conscious turned to bloody visions
Acid burning hands
Bewilderment clouded eyes
Screams of terror filling ears

Malcolm
MacDuff
The ending reign arriving
Birnam wood approaching
MacBeth's fear alive

Lady MacBeth, Lady MacBeth
Thrown from a castle
Lady Macbeth, Lady Macbeth
Cascades down the cliff
Lady MacBeth, Lady Macbeth
An early death to a timely end

Clash of men
MacBeth and MacDuff
Cracked skull to a separated head
Gory demise at the hilt of a blade
Pierced lung on an eve of severed heads

Resolutions finale
MacDuff the victor
Handed
Mounted
Tossed
The head of MacBeth speaks on behalf to crown Malcom King