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[sid] => 165717
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[aid] => mick
[title] => Fruit of Oedipus
[time] => 2011-04-06 13:45:20
[hometext] => I was inspired to write this after studying the Greek drama Antigone in my Literature class
[bodytext] => Cascades of ebony crown her Adding an admirable feature to the lovely woman within More than mortal are her standards by which she abides Yet the mortal nature overtook her destiny This is the life of the Fruit of Oedipus Daughter's accursed father and mother are to blame For creating a tragic fate in the land of Thebes A daughter and grand-daughter all the same Is what Jocasta bore and it is herself that she hangs Blood-shed all around are the memories left Brother to brother they are and the story repeats For Laiios is dead, Oedipus victorious yet Polyneices is the next victor in battle A beloved brother he is to the Fruit of Oedipus Once he is gone he is deemed a traitor For Greece can never look at him again with favor He is left alone without a final resting place But oh! how his loved ones visit him again to seek his face All thanks to the bold daughter, the fruit of Oedipus To provide him protection was all she intended But the King, her uncle, says it is wrong and the gods are offended Nevertheless the woman stands tall and courageous And states the law of the gods is contrary and Creon is outraged Now that two obstinate creatures have crossed paths it is time for one to be eliminated and left in the past Little did she know she was to go first Despite the fact that her family was cursed In a vault she was put to die without a farewell kiss And behold the life, the fate, and the legacy of Antigone, the Fruit of Oedipus [comments] => 3 [counter] => 170 [topic] => 42 [informant] => Deidra_Carmichael [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => mythology )
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