poemranker ::Replying

ReplyTo a comment on _The Black Prince_ by Caducus.

Caducus9 Mar 2006

Thanks.

A lot about men in this one. The end isnt so much a death of him in the mortal sense but a death of what he had and i guess seppuku is out of contrast but its the suicide throes of a samurai when he dishonours himself. The sword is an almost phallic representation and the kingdom entered is meant in a sexual context. I courted with the idea of using the lady in the lake and lady of shallot but figured enough was said.

I'm not 100% happy with it but it serves as a warning i guess to those who have something good in a woman and cheat on them and themselves.

Conscience is a battle.