Note: In order to make this as difficult as possible, I planned this poem with four conditions in mind: 1. It needed to be about Hollow Knight. 2. It could not contain any imperfect rhymes. 3. It required an alternating rhyme scheme (A-B-A-B) 4. It also had to be written in a 7-8-7-8 syllabic verse format. This poem is only 100 words long, and yet it took me nearly 3 hours to write it. But that being said, I think it turned out well... or at least adequately. I hope you enjoy it.
A Threnody for the Pale
Deep within this ruined land,
Among the spires, still and cold,
Hid beneath the Sovereign Brand,
A pact was made, a soul was sold
Horrid was the Beast that Dreamed,
Afflicting all that heard its call
Pallid light from sick eyes gleamed,
The free were slain and raised as thrall
Darkest shadow, profane tool,
In Sovereign hands it sealed the Beast
Yet, hungry Dark yearned for fuel
The Sovereign soul was made a feast
With no Lord, the Kingdom fell
His City wept when eyes could not
Still in Dream the Beast did dwell
A cost too great, the King had sought
