Blue Variation
What does the second clue mean?
- Try to fill in the blanks of the second clue with words that make the
poem rhyme. Then find objects that match the words.
- For the first blank: What rhymes with "wrong" and is often mentioned
with wine ("grape") and women ("wench")?
- The word for the first blank is "song." Where might you find a song in
the castle?
- Read the music on the piano.
- For the second blank: What rhymes with "laden"? (Remember that the poem
is about three fellows arguing about "wine, women, and song.")
- The word for the second blank is "maiden." Where in the castle is a
maiden?
- It's not the iron maiden in the dungeon.
- Find the maiden mentioned in the tourist brochure and examine it.
- For the last blank: What rhymes with "fine"? (Remember what the three
fellows are arguing about!)
- The word for the last blank is "wine." Where in the castle will you
find wine?
- Examine the wine bottle in the basement.
- Put together the parts of words marked with a star.