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* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The titular Dark Tower is portrayed in a horrifying light, with numerous people having died trying to journey there and Roland having little hope about his own prospects of surviving its horrors.
* NothingIsScarier: We never find out what's actually inside the Dark Tower, but it's certainly not good.
* SceneryGorn: The scenery of the path to the Dark Tower is gruesomely detailed. For instance, the grass is compared by Roland to the hair of a leper.
* NothingIsScarier: We never find out what's actually inside the Dark Tower, but it's certainly not good.
* SceneryGorn: The scenery of the path to the Dark Tower is gruesomely detailed. For instance, the grass is compared by Roland to the hair of a leper.
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The poem was inspired by a line from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/KingLear'', and, in turn, inspired Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.
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The poem was inspired by a line from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/KingLear'', and, in turn, inspired Creator/StephenKing's ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' series.
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And blew "''Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came''."
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And blew blew. "''Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came''."
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* TitleDrop: The last line of the poem.
-->Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set,\\
And blew "''Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came''."
-->Dauntless the slug-horn to my lips I set,\\
And blew "''Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came''."
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-->If there pushed any ragged thistle-stalk\\
Above its mates, the head was chopped; the bents\\
Were jealous else.
Above its mates, the head was chopped; the bents\\
Were jealous else.
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A mid-length narrative poem by Robert Browning detailing the adventures of Childe Roland ("Childe" being a medieval term for a youth preparing for knighthood) as he seeks the Dark Tower, a quest which has already killed many of his compatriots.
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A mid-length narrative poem by Robert Browning Creator/RobertBrowning detailing the adventures of Childe Roland ("Childe" being a medieval term for a youth preparing for knighthood) as he seeks the Dark Tower, a quest which has already killed many of his compatriots.
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The poem was inspired by a line from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/KingLear'', and, in turn, inspired Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' series.
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The poem was inspired by a line from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/KingLear'', and, in turn, inspired Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' series.
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The poem was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's King Lear, and, in turn, inspired Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
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The poem was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's King Lear, Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/KingLear'', and, in turn, inspired Stephen King's Dark Tower Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheDarkTower'' series.
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* TallPoppySyndrome: One scene Roland passes through is personified thus, with the weeds themselves demanding that none of them be raised above the others.
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* TallPoppySyndrome: One scene Roland passes through is personified thus, with the weeds themselves demanding that none of them be raised above the others.others.
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A mid-length narrative poem by Robert Browning detailing the adventures of Childe Roland ("Childe" being a medieval term for a youth preparing for knighthood) as he seeks the Dark Tower, a quest which has already killed many of his compatriots.
The poem is told from Roland's perspective, and is both grim and dream-like, with sudden unexplained shifts in scene and a deeply portentous aura surrounding almost everything the narrator sees.
The poem was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's King Lear, and, in turn, inspired Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
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!! This poem provides examples of:
* AmbiguousEnding: Childe Roland apparently reaches the Dark Tower at the end of the poem. But what happens to him next is left entirely up to the reader's imagination. Roland appears to expect his own demise, though.
* EvilCripple: The poem starts with Childe Roland getting directions from a crippled man whom he fully expects to betray him.
* TallPoppySyndrome: One scene Roland passes through is personified thus, with the weeds themselves demanding that none of them be raised above the others.
The poem is told from Roland's perspective, and is both grim and dream-like, with sudden unexplained shifts in scene and a deeply portentous aura surrounding almost everything the narrator sees.
The poem was inspired by a line from Shakespeare's King Lear, and, in turn, inspired Stephen King's Dark Tower series.
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!! This poem provides examples of:
* AmbiguousEnding: Childe Roland apparently reaches the Dark Tower at the end of the poem. But what happens to him next is left entirely up to the reader's imagination. Roland appears to expect his own demise, though.
* EvilCripple: The poem starts with Childe Roland getting directions from a crippled man whom he fully expects to betray him.
* TallPoppySyndrome: One scene Roland passes through is personified thus, with the weeds themselves demanding that none of them be raised above the others.
