Time to go back in time slightly to one of the most classic representations of witches - Macbeth. Yes, ready your cauldron and your ingredients because today I want you to write your own witch's chant, using the same meter and rhyming pattern as the one from the infamous scene in Macbeth, as can be found here.
I'll make it a little easier on you by saying you don't have to do the full scale chant but I do want at least one verse and one refrain or chorus and for you to have a go at using the Bard's preferred iambic pentameter. Good luck!
Hex
Three coins purloined from stranger's purse
blood let by blade to pen the verse
a tiger's eye to strengthen will
dragon's claw, nightshade distil'd
then seven strands of lover's hair
plus tears from jilted party's prayer
tail of lizard, snake's venom gland
ring stolen from a dead man's hand
bind in hate and boil with flame
to lay this curse upon his name.
Hecate, mother, hear our plight!
grant us power to enact this rite.
Hecate, mother, with my hand
bring sorrow to this fickle man.
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