Odysseus: Poem Analysis

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The memory from my past that is about to get spoken with my crude frail state. Is not for most it is a horrific story of sorrow and despair. To tell you this I must tell you the beginning. It all started in the eerie stale fog of a nippy spring day as we rowed through the fog Cramer my ore partner said
"as he pushed with the strength of a ox , do you hear that sound coming from up ahead?" I said,
"no but then I heard the most beautiful, irrestible melody of my life" . That's sound that sweet sound is something you could you would hear only in the heavens . But then I came back to reality we finally broke through the fog and we where all of the sudden between two treacherous cliff that seem to reach between the stars. My captain Odysseus was a …show more content…
I said " aye-aye captian as I vigorously start stuffing my ears with that sticky gummy substance". Odysseus yealled " row faster men if you want to live . When he said that I caught a glimpse out of the corner of my eye of what was singing that song. It was a monster from the worst nightmares you could ever even imagine . I rowed faster and faster then out of nowhere they where ever where . I was rowing as fast as I could when Cramer tapped me on the arm . He gave me a nod like i knew what he was saying , but some how i knew what he meant I felt like he was saying " every thing is going to be ok" . But before I could nod back one of those horrific things came from the back. Cramer never knew it was coming till it was too late they snatched him fro. The boat like a cat catching a mouse . And in that instant I knew that everything wasn't going to be ok. But. Finally we got out of between those to cliffs and sailed away. Now I think that's it but my mind isn't what it used to be. You can call me crazy but that is what truly happened. I wish that I could see my good friend

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