Mortals come and Mortals go
While gods remain to be
Mortals battle to and fro
All for the gods to see
The Latins siege the Trojan fort
Finally Aeneas with new ships returns
When Aeneas arrives in port
Turnus charges while his battle spirit burns
Pallas and Aeneas are on a slaughter spree
The Trojan army is fearsome strong
Turnus engages Pallas, because he was so gutsy
Pallas is slain; the fight did not last long
Aeneas kills Lausus in battle rage
While Turnus chases a ghost
Mezentius charges Aeneas despite his old age
And Turnus sails off of the coast
This poem thoroughly covers the content of Book 10 in a very few lines. Your meter and rhyme scheme are somewhat forced, but you made a good effort.
ReplyDeleteThis is cute. It's brief but still summarizes everything well, which is nice. It would have been interesting to see the theme of the first stanza expanded upon more in the poem, but that obviously would have made it longer and changed it entirely.
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