‘Jubilee and Joy’- a Riddle Poem

July 17th, 2008 |

My whole is composed of twelve;

divide us into three and nine,

and you bring before you a dark and dreadful scene,

bloddshed and cruelty; man destroying man;

if you exclude the first three of us, the picture is even darker,

for now the brute creation is involved in the general misery;

but separate us into four and eight and what a change!

Now all is gladness and gayety. The air rings with jubilee and joy.

Can you figure this one out? If so, submit into comments below and will reveal on Friday, thanks.

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yash_opened | Profile (beta) July 17th, 2008 - 8:02 am

I think it is a clock, the seperation of 3 and 9 digits results in 911, and as for 4 and 8 it is i suppose the year of original release of the song joy and jubilee…..
VMcNaughton | Profile (beta) July 18th, 2008 - 6:16 am

Manslaughter

Man - Slaughter

Mans - Laughter
Shawn | Profile (beta) July 18th, 2008 - 7:25 am

manslaughter

man - slaughter
man’s - laughter
RK | Profile (beta) July 18th, 2008 - 7:52 am

Only Shawn and VMcNaughton got the answer to this so far, so will leave things hidden for another day or 2.
RK | Profile (beta) July 22nd, 2008 - 12:15 am

good try yash_opened

I should have given a hint that ‘composed of 12′ meant letters
michaelc | Profile (beta) July 22nd, 2008 - 8:27 am

Wow.

My hats off to you 2 guys. I had not the slightest idea!
Gray-T | Profile (beta) July 23rd, 2008 - 3:01 pm

the answer is:

shost o´mac.

just to say something different(ly)…

where is the proof that shakespeare ever existed?

a laughing and a crying eye, makes a person really high
and low,
we have a go,
for a life, with miss american pie,
let´s call her my wife, or so.

reporting straight from the mad-cap-lab.

sincerely,

lord pommeroy!