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Hamelin Towne Open in new Window. [ASR]
The familiar fairy tale, told in rhyme
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Rated: ASR | (5.0)
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A narrative poem! It's not often one finds one of those. And a sound tale to base it on, the Pied Piper being very well known and of reliably solid moral. But an observation concerning the title: adding an E to "town" does make it seem medieval, I grant you, but it's not strictly true. The added E is a British thing, whereas Hamelin's in Germany. Perhaps I'm being too picky!

Anyway, it's a fine poem that doesn't give up in the face of all the difficulties that can present themselves in this type of poem. Finding rhymes that make sense and don't look out of place, that's a real battle in this kind of thing. And you manage it admirably. The meter too is generally good ("Angelic Grace joins the race" - something not quite right there) and the number of stanzas written to give so many children names is just impressive.

Altogether, it's a triumph of the genre. Eat your heart out, Ancient Mariner!

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