Poem: "The Wave"

[Avaerilon]

The Wave

He rises like a babe, so small and insignificant,
Then grows to a crescendo, powerful and magnificent.
As he storms across the sea, all sway-aside in his wake,
Or else are crushed beneath his berth,
As he speeds only for power, regardless of the crashing death that he for himself will make.


By Aubrey Williams
Dedicated to Alfred Tennyson

[Administrator]

I do really like that it either could be personification or a metaphor for a person. It works with either reading and that is really cool. From the second reading one could read it as a soldier or a politician if we look at a secondary level of metaphor

[Avaerilon]

Thank you :) I can definitely see where you're coming from; I hadn't really thought about those sorts of people when I wrote it, so thanks for the new analysis! I think it can be taken to represent whoever/whatever you think. I actually wrote about Victor Frankenstein, based on how a wave forms and then dissipates.