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(set: $hasKeyRed to false)
(set: $hasKeyBlue to false)
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(set: $entrylength to 6)
(set: $solution to "123456")
(set: $unlock to false)
(set:$hascode to false)
(set: $hasscissors to false)
(set: $hasbuttons to false)
}
It's night time, and you stand in front of the old, wooden door, hesitating. You are supposed to be attending your first poetry club meeting, but you must have gotten the address wrong. This door doesn't look like it leads to a room full of poetry enthusiasts. The building, with it's peeling exterior and dark, dirty windows, looks like it hasn't been inhabited for some time. Sighing, you push open the door, and step inside the room, now surrounded by darkness. Much to your terror, the door closes behind you, and you can't get it open again!
Giving up on the door, at least for now, you attempt to make out some of your surroundings as your eyes grab for any last fragment of light. You can just barely see the outlines of the large, drafty room. Suddenly, you remember that you always keep your handy reading light with you. It's in your pockets, somewhere...
(link: "Search pockets")[You find the light! <br> (link-goto: "Turn on the light", "Library")(set: $haslight to true)]It's a beautiful antique writing desk, with 3 drawers.
{
<br>(link: "Open Drawer 1")[Nothing but dust]<br>
(link: "Open Drawer 2")
[
(if: $unlock is true)[
(set:$hasKeyGreen to true)[
The drawer opens! There is a green key inside. You grab it.
]
]
(else:)[The drawer won't open.]]
<br>(link: "Open Drawer 3")[There is a note in here!<br>[(link-goto: "Read Note")]]<br>}
---
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* [[Coat Rack]]
* [[Couch]]
* [[Door]]
* [[Locked box]]
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<div class="rightcolumn">
(display:"Inventory")
</div>
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}It's a very tall, full bookshelf, but your eyes are immediately drawn to one of the middle shelves. There's a label on the shelf that's exactly eye level with you. You could read it if you moved the light a little closer...
(link: "Read Label")[The label reads, "My Favourite Poetry"]
Hmm, interesting. There are only 3 books on this shelf:
[[Poems About Winter]]
[[Collected Works of Emily Dickinson]]
[[Timeless Love Poems]]
---
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* [[Couch]]
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}**Inventory:**
(if: $haslight is true)[Reading Light]
(if: $hasKey is true)[Key]
(if: $hasKeyGreen is true)[Green Key]
(if: $hasKeyRed is true)[Red Key]
(if: $hasKeyBlue is true)[Blue Key]
(if: $hasscissors is true)[Scissors]It's an old, large couch. The leather cover is ripped around the edges, revealing some of the fluffy stuffing in the cushions.
(link: "Search under couch")[You find a note!<br>[[Read Note|ChairNote]]]
(link: "Examine couch")
[
(if: $hasscissors is true)
[
You don't find anything under the cushion, but you feel something hard and rectangular inside of it. You cut into the cushion with the scissors and find a small box inside. The box has three buttons on it, all in different colours: red, green and blue.
[
(link: "Push buttons")
[
(if: $hasbuttons is true)
[
What order do you push the buttons in?
(link: "Red, Blue, Green")[(goto: "Couch")]
(link: "Blue, Red, Green")[(goto: "Couch")]
(link: "Blue, Green, Red")[Correct! The box opens and you take the blue key that's inside! (set: $hasKeyBlue to true)[[Back to Couch|Couch]]]
(link: "Green, Red, Blue")[(goto: "Couch")]
]
[
(if: $hasbuttons is false)
[
You press the buttons at random but nothing happens. Maybe look around for some clues?
]
]
]
]
]
(else:)
[
You don't find anything under the cushion, but you feel something hard and rectangular inside of it. There's no zipper, so you can't get into it. Too bad you don't have something to cut it open with.
]
]
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
**Search areas:**
* [[Writing Desk]]
* [[Bookshelf]]
* [[Coat Rack]]
* [[Door]]
* [[Locked box]]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(display:"Inventory")
</div>
</div>
}A sign, handwritten on a tattered piece of paper, reads “Welcome to the poetry library. Open a couple books, find the keys, and you might make it out in time.”
(if:$hasKey is true)[(link:"Open Door")[(goto:"GoodEnding")]]
(else:)[(link:"Open Door")[The door is locked.]
]
---
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* [[Bookshelf]]
* [[Coat Rack]]
* [[Couch]]
* [[Locked box]]
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(display:"Inventory")
</div>
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(stop:)
Time's up!
(set: $startTimer to false)
(goto: "Bad Ending")
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You have $timer seconds left!
(link: "Reset?")[
(set: $startTimer to false)
(goto: "Dark")
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(Timer paused!)
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---
You didn't make it out in time!{
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With your reading light on, you can see that the walls are covered with book-lined shelves made of a dark, shiny wood. It’s a library of some sort, you think, as you shine the light around the room. But where’s the door? Maybe a flashing exit sign? Nothing of the sort. But, as you turn around, you see the door on the wall behind you. You experience a brief flash of hope, before you notice the sign on the door. Shuddering, you read the ominous note:
"Read the poems, find the keys, and you might make it out in time."
Make it out in time for what? You don’t know, and you don’t want to find out. Better start looking around for clues. The closest things to you are a bookshelf, an antique writing desk, an old, comfy-looking couch, a coat rack (which appears to have a couple coats and a hat hanging on it), and a mysterious box that has 3 locks on it.
---
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<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
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* [[Writing Desk]]
* [[Bookshelf]]
* [[Coat Rack]]
* [[Couch]]
* [[Door]]
* [[Locked box]]
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(display:"Inventory")
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}It's a black metal coat rack, with a lot of curving decorative pieces on it. There are two tattered coats hanging on it, a brown trenchcoat and a heavy black winter jacket. A black and grey speckled tweed cap also sits on one of the hooks. It looks surprisingly new.
{
<br>(link: "Search Trenchcoat")
[
In the pocket of the coat, you find a small, rectangular box.
(link: "Open box")
[
The box has a lock that requires a three-number code. What code do you enter?
<br>[
(link: "874")
[
(if: $hascode is true)
[
Wrong code!]
(else:)
[
Hmmm, doesn't seem like you know the code. Might want to look around the room a bit more.]]]
<br>(link: "776")
[
(if: $hascode is true)
[
The box opens, and inside you find a Red key! You grab it.[(set: $hasKeyRed to true)]]
(else:)
[
Hmmm, doesn't seem like you know the code. Might want to look around the room a bit more.]]
<br>(link: "767")
[
(if: $hascode is true)
[
Wrong code!]
(else:)
[
Hmmm, doesn't seem like you know the code. Might want to look around the room a bit more.]]
<br>(link: "777")
[
(if: $hascode is true)
[
Wrong code!]
(else:)
[
Hmmm, doesn't seem like you know the code. Might want to look around the room a bit more.]]]]
<br>(link: "Search Winter Coat")[There is a pair of scissors inside. [(link: "Take Scissors")[You take them.(set:$hasscissors to true)]]]
<br>(link: "Search Tweed Cap")[There is a note taped inside the hat!<br>[[Read Note->NoteTwo]]]
}
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* [[Writing Desk]]
* [[Bookshelf]]
* [[Couch]]
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(display:"Inventory")
</div>
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}There is a small, mysterious box just sitting on the floor. It has 3 locks on it, each a different colour. There is a red lock, a blue lock and a green lock. Strange!
{(if: $hasKeyGreen is true and $hasKeyBlue is true and $hasKeyRed is true)[(link:"Unlock Box")[You unlock the box. Inside you find another, different key. You grab it.](set:$hasKey to true)]
(else:)[(link:"Unlock Box")[The box doesn't open. You don't have the right keys!]]
}
---
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<div class="leftcolumn">
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* [[Bookshelf]]
* [[Coat Rack]]
* [[Couch]]
* [[Door]]
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<div class="rightcolumn">
(display:"Inventory")
</div>
</div>
}You flip the book open to a dog-eared page and read a poem.
**Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening**
*By Robert Lee Frost*
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it's queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there's some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark, and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
[[Close Book|Bookshelf]]You flip the book open to a bookmarked page and read the poem.
**The Sonnets XVIII**
*By William Shakespeare*
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st,
Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
[[Close Book|Bookshelf]]There's a bookmark in this one. You flip to that page and read the poem.
**Hope**
*By Emily Dickinson*
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune without the words,
And never stops at all,
And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I 've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.
[[Close Book|Bookshelf]]The note reads:
To open the drawer and get the key, you must first answer some questions for me. If you get a question wrong, you will have to start all over again.
The following questions all relate to the poem that has the most snow in it.
First question: Which of the following describes the rhyme scheme of the poem?
(link: "ABAB")[Sorry, that's not the right answer!(goto: "Writing Desk")]
(link: "AABA")[(goto:"QuestionTwo")]
(link: "ABBB")[Sorry, that's not the right answer!(goto: "Writing Desk")]
(link: "ABAA")[Sorry, that's not the right answer!(goto: "Writing Desk")]
[[Put note down|Writing Desk]]Double-click this passage to edit it.You got the first question right!
Second Question:
True or False, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" is written in second person?
(link: "True")[Sorry, that's not the right answer!(goto: "Writing Desk")]
(link: "False")[(goto:"QuestionThree")]
[[Put note down|Writing Desk]]You got the second question right!
Final Question!
Which of the following literary devices can be seen in the last line of the poem?
(link: "Repetition")[Correct! You may now [[return to open the drawer.|Writing Desk]][(set: $unlock to true)]]
(link: "Alliteration")[Sorry, that's not the right answer!(goto: "Writing Desk")]
(link: "Metaphor")[Sorry, that's not the right answer!(goto: "Writing Desk")]
(link: "Hyperbole")[Sorry, that's not the right answer!(goto: "Writing Desk")]
[[Put note down|Writing Desk]]To get the triplet that you need,
look to the poem of 3 quartets.
Remember your answers if you want to succeed.
But if you get one wrong, you'll have to start all over.
First, at the end of which line does the author use enjambment?
[[8|Coat Rack]]
[[11|Coat Rack]]
[[14|Coat Rack]]
[[7|Q2]]
[[Put Note Down|Coat Rack]]Good job, you got it right!
Second question, on what line is the metaphor named?
[[2|Coat Rack]]
[[7|Q3]]
[[12|Coat Rack]]
[[5|Coat Rack]]Good job, you got it right!
Third question, which line contains consonance with a triple “s”?
(link:"6")[That's right! Now don't forget your answers (set: $hascode to true)[[Back to Coat Rack|Coat Rack]]]
[[2|Coat Rack]]
[[4|Coat Rack]]
[[7|Coat Rack]]Take a look at the sonnet, and answer the questions if you want to find the code. Click on the correct answer below. All possible answers are written below. Oh, and they are all different colours. Pay attention to that- it might be important.
Question:
1. How can you describe the meter of this poem?
Possible answers:
Green:
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: green)[
Metaphor <br>
Iambical <br>
Quartet <br>
Irony <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
{
Blue:
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: blue)[
Matching Set <br>
Iambic Pair <br>
Repetition <br>
Iambic Pentameter <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Correct! [[Next Question|2Q]]]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
{
Red:
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: red)[
Rhyming Couplet <br>
Pentasyllabical <br>
Blank verse <br>
Simile <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
[[Put Note Down|Couch]]Take a look at the sonnet, and answer the questions if you want to find the code. Click on the correct answer below. All possible answers are written below. Oh, and they are all different colours. Pay attention to that- it might be important.
Question:
2. What literary device is used throughout the poem?
Possible answers:
Green:
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: green)[
Metaphor <br>
Iambical <br>
Quartet <br>
Irony <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Correct![[Next Question|3Q]]]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
Blue:
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: blue)[
Iambic Pentameter <br>
Iambic Pair <br>
Repetition <br>
Matching Set <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
Red:
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: red)[
Rhyming Couplet <br>
Pentasyllabical <br>
Blank verse <br>
Simile <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
[[Put Note Down|Couch]]Take a look at the sonnet, and answer the questions if you want to find the code. Click on the correct answer below. All possible answers are written below. Oh, and they are all different colours. Pay attention to that- it might be important.
Questions:
3. The last two lines of the poem are a:
Possible answers:
Green:
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: green)[
Metaphor <br>
Iambical <br>
Quartet <br>
Irony <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
Blue:
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: blue)[
Iambic Pentameter <br>
Iambic Pair <br>
Repetition <br>
Matching Set <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
Red:
{
<div class="columns">
<div class="leftcolumn">
(color: red)[
Blank Verse <br>
Pentasyllabical <br>
Rhyming Couplet <br>
Simile <br>]
</div>
<div class="rightcolumn">
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
(link:"Select")[Correct! [[Return to Couch|Couch]] (set: $hasbuttons to true)]<br>
(link:"Select")[Incorrect]<br>
</div>
</div>
}
[[Put Note Down|Couch]]You put the key in the lock, and, much to your delight, it opens! You're free! You run out into the chilly dark night, trying to get as far away from that creepy library as fast as possible. Suddenly you look up and there is a figure on the road in front of you, walking towards you.
"Hello! Excuse me!"
The man tries to get your attention. He seems nice, though you would rather not be talking to a stranger at this moment. He's wearing a tweed suit and has a book under his arm. *Collected Poetry of*... something. You can't read the whole title.
"Are you from the poetry club"? he asks.
"Ummm why do you want to know?" you try to sound genuinely curious and not rude.
"Oh, well we were expecting a new member, but I can't seem to find them anywhere!"
You are still creeped out from the library, and don't totally trust this guy, but your curiosity about the poetry club prompts you to answer.
"Oh. Yeah, that's me! I think I had the wrong address. I tried to go to the meeting but ended up at a creepy library. I was in there for at least half an hour."
"Oh- you must have been early! We were supposed to meet outside the house! I had set up a special poetry escape room activity for tonight's meeting! I guess you've already done it, but do you want to come to the meeting anyway?"
[[Thank the man but go home- you've had enough poetry for one night]]
[["Sure, might as well!"|Library]]Congratulations, you are a poetry and escape room expert!