Just for
a change, I thought I'd try my hand at poetry. And what better way to enter the
world of poetry than to write about a classic? The Scarlet
Letter has long been one of my favorites, so it only made sense that I
would choose it. I didn't attempt any flowery language or deep analysis. This
is purely summary, and a general one at that. But even with such a basic rhyme
scheme, it took ages to finish!
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Out of the bleak prison emerges Hester Prynne
With an "A" on her bosom-- the mark of
her sin.
Clutching baby Pearl, heavenly penance for her
deed,
She walks to the platform of the pillory,
feeling
shameful indeed.
Spiteful Puritan ladies with accusing eyes
Clamor for the name of her partner in
crime.
Hester's betrayed husband, old Roger
Chillingworth conspires;
To exact revenge on Hester's lover is what he
desires.
He discovers the man is Reverend Dimmesdale
And torments him insidiously, making him frail.
Dimmesdale's guilt is slowly killing him.
Suffering from mental anguish and insomnia
He visits the scaffold on a whim.
Standing atop the platform, Hester and Pearl at
his side,
He glimpses a bloody, ragged "A" in the
sky.
The proof of his sin spread far and wide,
His guilty conscience is eating him alive.
He meets them once again, in a forest by a
stream.
Hester and Dimmesdale renounce separation and
decide to be a team.
They agree to escape to Europe on a ship,
But Dimmesdale plans a final sermon before their
big trip.
On the big day, they realize Chillingworth knows
it all.
Dimmesdale bursts out with the truth, and then he
falls.
He tears open his shirt to reveal a branded
"A."
He dies on the spot, and vengeful Chillingworth
soon withers away.
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