The Trojan Horse: Oliver Gaudion (Best Poem

A Poem About The Trojan Horse

Description: This is a reverse poem. When you read a reverse poem from top to bottom you get a normal poem, but when you read the poem from bottom to top you find the true meaning of the poem.

Why it fits the theme of deception: In this poem I not only wrote about the Trojan Horse which is a theme of deception in itself, but I also wrote a reverse poem. When reading the poem from top to bottom you get a false meaning (the poem deceives you), but when reading it from bottom to top you discover the true meaning of the poem. Hence, the poem in itself IS a deception!

Note: When reading the poem from bottom to top you are not reading each line backwards you are simply reading the bottom line, then the second last line, then the third last, and so on.

Punctuation and capitalisation: Please note when writing a reverse poem it is extremely hard to get the correct punctuation for both ways of reading it. I also capitalised the start of each line because almost all the time it doesn’t make sense to put capitals on some and not others because it is almost impossible for that to make sense forward and back. So I made them all capitals.

Written by Oliver Gaudion, Year 7

The Trojan Horse was a ridiculous idea. There is no way that You could not see it coming from a mile away! And yet The Trojans still built it anyway, Although The plans were admittedly quite rough Of course. The horse appeared suspiciously at the front gate And no one thought It was a normal gift It seemed That the horse was very deceptive. The people, however, seemed to overlook the fact That the horse was hollow, Although there was some talk about the topic In the end the victory of the Trojan Horse was sheer luck! And you will never hear me say The Trojan Horse was an ingenious idea.