The Last Hero Comments

When on their skulls the sword I swing falls shattering from the sky. The hour when death is like a light and blood is like a rose, - You never loved your friends, my friends, as I shall love my foes. A thrilling poem. Enjoyed reading it. Thanks poet for the sharing. 10++ for it.

It is a beautiful poem having brilliant collocation and nice penmanship.Thanks and congratulations to his soul.

Such an interesting poem with long lines....

The epic, brash, contentious belligerence of the content, the protagonist is well exaggerated. Bigger than life. A fair literary depiction. But it's the stylistic bravado that truly wins out. The swelling scansion, the bellicose or whispering alliterations, assonance and consonance of his word choices are spot on. Give this one a read out loud in your best Kenneth Branagh doing Shakespeare impersonation. It's almost symphonic. Orchestral. Lush in the mouth and on the ear.

One of my favourite poems. The rhythm of the lines and the alliteration somehow captures his defiance. He has played the game and lost but he'll play it to the end.