Week Three - Task #12. - “Lamp-Light”

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom’s core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion’s velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o’er,
But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o’er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!

Task:
What’s that written on a piece of parchment nearby? Looks like it’s in code! Solve the following Cryptogram puzzle and Send Me Your Solution through a private message.


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Alternatively you may contribute an original Poem in 75 words or more titled “Lamp-Light” or share a piece of Wisdom you’ve learned after a set of scary and/or challenging circumstances.

This task is worth 15 beans, with an additional 15 bonus beans for completing all Week Three tasks by end of activity. Deadline is 11:59pm (HOL time) on Halloween, Monday October 31st.

[Rhaneyra Black]

Lamp Light

The night was dark,
foreboding,
and sad.
I walked along the dirt road

my eyes so used to the darkness ahead
however the trees,
now obscured the moonlight,
erasing all trace of comfort that I held.

But what is that!
Ahead in the distance,
a small sliver of light shining on the path,
hastening towards it,
I find it to be a lamp.

a Lamp Light it was
shining it's light upon the pavement,
almost as if it was put there
for travelers like me.

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Solved by:
Prof. Felicia Hartwick
Prof. Will Lestrange
Kalgri Sicaria
Harry Walles
Louis Walles

[Prof. Sindor Aloyarc]

Solution:
“The flickering flame plays a treacherous game (full of shadows and wraiths in the dark), and my spirits grow damp as the light of the lamp seems to laugh on a whim and a lark.”