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Riddle
Riddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.Riddle
There is something within the riddle below, but what?
Your fall I will mirror,
I am a last defense
To halt the chilling terror
Of a deadly quick descent.
Never can I be your pet
Or your trusted friend,
But I should you ever forget
Then you will find your end.
Use me through my roping
And find the solid path,
My success you should be hoping
Or taste an earthly wrath.
Your fall I will mirror,
I am a last defense
To halt the chilling terror
Of a deadly quick descent.
Never can I be your pet
Or your trusted friend,
But I should you ever forget
Then you will find your end.
Use me through my roping
And find the solid path,
My success you should be hoping
Or taste an earthly wrath.
Hint
Used for emergencies or for (very dangerous) fun.Answer
A parachute.They fall with you, and are your last defense before plummeting to your death, dashed against the solid paths of the earth.
The more modern ones are opened with a string or rope.
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You write like an experienced riddler! Easy, but that's perfectly okay. KUTGW!
Wow! My very first positive comment!
I write poetry now and then, so I just used that. *dances because of positive comment*
I write poetry now and then, so I just used that. *dances because of positive comment*
Cool. It was pretty easy, but fun nonetheless.
Note to whoever tried to correct this in removing the "I" in the line, "But I should you ever forget", then I'm just letting you know:
I thought for over ten minutes on the best way to phrase that line, as it never seemed to work properly, and I eventually settled on including that because otherwise it leaves WHAT you are forgetting open to question, and leaves you screeching to a halt when reading it aloud.
I hold to the fact that poems should have a relatively close number of syllables in each line relative to each other, and rhyming riddles are very similar.
Anyways... I guess it's really dumb that I'm commenting twice on my own teaser, but I just wanted to let you know why it's there, if you ever read this
I thought for over ten minutes on the best way to phrase that line, as it never seemed to work properly, and I eventually settled on including that because otherwise it leaves WHAT you are forgetting open to question, and leaves you screeching to a halt when reading it aloud.
I hold to the fact that poems should have a relatively close number of syllables in each line relative to each other, and rhyming riddles are very similar.
Anyways... I guess it's really dumb that I'm commenting twice on my own teaser, but I just wanted to let you know why it's there, if you ever read this
Loved your teaser Stormcrafter. It was really well written. The first time I read it through, I was lost, and the second time I thought it was a bungee cord, which works as well, by the way. Great job!
Nice poem, but fairly easy teaser. I guess with the title I sort of just had it in my head that if you did not had a chutte the earth was really going to hurt. My dad used to say it wasn't the fall that hurt you, it was the sudden stop. Mrore please?
A fantastic teaser. A little bit on the easy side, but you did get the point across. I can enjoy this sport and knowing how to handle this condition comes in very handy. Keep up the good work!
Good job.
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