This is my first entry in this blog! Below is a poem I actually wrote for a student who wanted to take part in a competition wherein she would have to introduce herself as a character from Shakespeare. Lady Macbeth, I believe, is one of the most beautiful characters ever created. Here's a poem on her!
My creator is hailed for talents untold,
A figment of his imagination, I slowly unfold.
Long before the enigmas of the mind were revealed,
The Bard of Avon understood its depths indeed.
Lady Macbeth I thus came to be,
King Duncan’s death I was determined to see.
My husband I loved with all my heart,
To see him king I would employ any art!
The three evil sisters became my cue,
But little did I know my actions I would rue.
Cleverly I plotted the slaying of the King,
And dreamt of the day as queen I would sing.
But many were the doubts that clouded my mind,
And many are the readers who think me cruel and unkind.
Macbeth, too, feared and faltered,
But I propelled him on, determined that he should be crowned.
Alas! Killing the King was no easy task!
Rallying my courage, off I went to King Duncan’s room,
But the sight of the sleeping King filled me with great gloom.
My conscience bothered me
For King Duncan like my father seemed to me.
So Macbeth mercilessly finished him,
And I cleverly made facts dim.
Sly, scheming, ruthless and bold,
I was glad when the king finally lay dead and cold.
Sadly, my happiness lasted but a while,
And soon my guilt began to boil.
Nights of torment and woe followed,
Because during the day my grief and guilt I swallowed.
I walked in my sleep and my doctor said
That only divine intervention would release me from this dread.
I decided I would take it no more,
And ended my life that had become sore.
Thus ends my tale of destructive ambition,
But forever I shall be remembered for my gory visions
And the doom that befell me because of my unshakeable determination!
