What is it, in summary?:A Romantic poem with a capital R. Childe Roland passes on a quest through many dreadful landscapes. At last he reaches the Dark Tower, raises his horn to his lips, and blows a challenge ... and there it ends.
What do you love about it?: This is a big overblown poem. "Then came some palsied oak, a cleft in him Like a distorted mouth that splits its rim Gaping at death, and dies while it recoils."
That's Keats Browning writing about a tree. One tree.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'd like to see some extended worldbuilding; some hints at Childe Roland's past and this quest; if the author feels daring, what happens after the horn is blown.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence): "Cripple" used as an insult and a character name
Rec: Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came
Media: Poem
Approx length: 1700 words
Where to find it: https://www.bartleby.com/246/654.html
What is it, in summary?:A Romantic poem with a capital R. Childe Roland passes on a quest through many dreadful landscapes. At last he reaches the Dark Tower, raises his horn to his lips, and blows a challenge ... and there it ends.
What do you love about it?: This is a big overblown poem.
"Then came some palsied oak, a cleft in him
Like a distorted mouth that splits its rim
Gaping at death, and dies while it recoils."
That's
KeatsBrowning writing about a tree. One tree.What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: I'd like to see some extended worldbuilding; some hints at Childe Roland's past and this quest; if the author feels daring, what happens after the horn is blown.
Content warnings (ie, rape, incest, racism, gore/violence):
"Cripple" used as an insult and a character name