Anakin Walks in Beauty like a Knight
Zakaria and I have created a poem about Anakin Skywalker. We created this 3 stanza poem as a parody of the She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron. We changed most of the nouns and adjectives in the poem and kept the general structure of the poem the same. We constructed each stanza to emulate one movie within Anakin’s story. We made reference about his action and changing mood through out the three movies. Here is the original poem, parody poem and the movie.
Original
“She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow’d to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had impair’d the nameless grace.
Which waves in every raven trees,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Parody
“He walks in proudly, like a knight
Of pod racers and Jedi life;
And the only hope left for the side of light
Meets in his hand and jedi knife
Thus committed to the only right
Which sith to gaudy day denies.
One clone the more, one droid the less,
Had impair’d the silent peace.
Which means in Naboo’s mess,
Or secret life o’er her mouth piece;
Where tuskens serenely lied motionless
How soon, how close his sanity decrease.
And on that cheek and o’er that lip
So soft, so calm, yet pregnant,
The smiles that were, yet the tables flip,
Now tell of days of the Sith regnant,
A mind at war with himself and friends,
A heart whose love has met a fateful end.
George Gordon, Lord Byron
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