"A" is for Alice, who fell into a hole.
"B" is for Beowulf, whose fight took a toll.
"C" is for Caligari, trapped in a box.
"D" is for Don Quixote, who was squished by some rocks.
"E" is for Ebenezer, spirits dragged him below.
"F" is for Frankenstein, who froze in the snow.
"G" is for Gilgamesh, denied immortality.
"H" is for Hamlet, who chose Not To Be.
"I" is for Icarus, who got burned by his pride.
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"J" is for Jekyll, from death he could not Hyde.
"K" is for King Kong, who fell from on high.
"L" is for Lupin, hanged by his tie.
"M" is for Munchhausen, who crashed on the moon.
"N" is for Natty Bumppo, who left us too soon.
"O" is for Odysseus, who never returned.
"P" is for Paul Bunyan, whose forest was burned.
"Q" is for Quasimodo, suffering since he was born.
"R" is for Roland, skull split by his horn.
"S" is for Sinbad, a victim of scurvy.
"T" is for Tin Man, whose metal turned curvy.
"U" is for Uncle Sam, who stepped on a mine.
"V" is for Vainamoinen, who sunk in the brine.
"W" is for Wisakedjak, who drank a foul mick.
"X" is for Xuan Zang, drained dry by a tick.
"Y" is for the Yellow King, driven mad by his play.
"Z" is for Zorro, who swung out the wrong way.
Inspired by Edward Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing.
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All images are public domain, except for Wisakedjak, who is credited in the Licensing/Citation Box.
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I think it's safe to assume that we have now killed the most PD characters in this contest.
can confirm
image at the end is my own creation
fuck me this is good
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i won't, but thanks for upvoting.
Hm. I do think the concept behind this is interesting, and I thought the simple rhyme scheme that you were going for was neat, but my interest kind of waned from there. I can see how this is a charming piece about public domain characters kicking the bucket, but idk I wasn't really that engaged with this. Maybe because I'm more into poetry that breaks conventions than ones with simple rhyme schemes (which isn't the fault of the piece itself, to be clear), or maybe because I'm just not into this in general and this is not for me. Or maybe I'm just no fun who knows. Either way, this gets a novote from me.
Also, found a rhyme that I think feels a bit clunky to me. It's the one with "denied immortality" and "who chose not to be," because one definitely has more syllables than the other so it kinds of reads weird to me idk. Hope that's helpful to you.
yeah, the 'denied immortality - chose not to be' rhyme was something we were a little unsure about, but we concluded that they were very fitting ends for both characters so we decided to keep it.
Thanks for giving this one a read and giving your thoughts!
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appreciate it. we'll source our images next time ;_;