Is the witchy woman really ugly?

Question: Is the witchy woman really ugly!?

Witchy Woman

Witchy woman is how she's known!.
Her spells she casts, her seeds she's sown!.
Her back is humped, her legs are bent,
I wonder how her days are spent!.

She lives they say in hollow log!.
Down in the middle of the bog!.
She cooks her brew in cast iron pot,
And drinks it while it's boiling hot!.

Her eyes are black, her hair like strings,
All full of tangles, bugs and things!.
But when her fancy turns to men,
The ugly hair fades from her chin!.

The warts smooth on her crooked nose,
Her skin gets soft as new-bloomed rose!.
And where was once an ugly hag,
She's now pulled beauty from her bag!.

The man she's picked will see her thus,
No matter how she looks to us!.
The witchy woman has a mate!.
They say predestined was the fate!.

So if her eye gets set on you,
There is but one thing left to do!.
You treat her right and love her well,
For you are in her magic spell!.
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

So now it's YOUR turn to argue about 8 beats!. I finally surrendered yesterday, even though I feel 'furious' has 2 beats--2 diphthongs (fyur-yous)!. There's no arguing with the majority!. As I tell my Publisher, 'If it stops me, it's going to stop the reader!.' It's best to change whatever it is so as not to destroy the beat, even if it's in the mind of the reader!.

As to the poem: Women loved become beautiful!. ("Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder)!."Www@QuestionHome@Com

This an amazing poem!. Simple in form, but complex in meaning!. Every woman (and man for that matter) blossoms when loved by another!.!.!.and so long as that love lasts they remain beautiful!. So, we must stay true to the one we love and ensure that they do not retreat into an ugly unhappy being!.
Do you remember the poem 'Old Meg she was a gypsy and lived upon the moors/Her bed it was the brown heath turf/Her house was out of doors!.!.!.!? I learned that at primary school!.!.!.one of the first poems that I knew!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Witchy woman!.!.!.she's got the Moon in her eyes! I'm going to sing that song all day now!
Good witches do that, not bad ones!.!.!.what turns your thoughts to witches!.!.!.hmmmmm!?
Way good poem, Dondi! You are the one that's so versatile! GREAT!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Then boiling potions she will stir,
Shrinking mortgage to mid length fur,
And screaming locks the boy's night out,
Your fate is sealed with shower grout!.

EDIT: S2L3 "The Beat Debate"!.!.!.!.!. I read 8 beats as well because I pronounce "iron" in one beat like you do!.!."irn"!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

There are beautiful witches and there are ugly witches!. It depends on their moods!. They change back and forth!. They have magic potions for everything!. They can turn you into a frog or a Prince!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

um reminds me of a Mac Davis song Marie Lavaue she makes Old Handsome Jack rich and then he tells her she is to ugly for a rich man like him and oooooo another man done gone!. Very Good DondiWww@QuestionHome@Com

Wow that makes a lot of sense!.!.!.!.!.

Who is that by!? I like it!.

Yesm the witchy woman is really ugly!.

ommmmmg that just makess so much sense its insaneWww@QuestionHome@Com

Sing it!
Beholder!. beerholder, beat counter!.!.!.!.It just don't matter as long as the beholder loves true, the beerholder shares and the beat goes on!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

An extra beat aside in S2L3, this is a great and entertaining read that also carries a message!. Nicely done!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Finally Dondi you wrote a poem about me
Oh how happy you've made me be!.
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Great offering!. I'll echo Granny!. I only have one wish!.!.!.I'd love to hear you singing this!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Poor old witch, bet she is lonely!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.Your poem is a sing along, I do agree, well done!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

thats creepyWww@QuestionHome@Com

I looked up iron and it says (-urn) with a squiggly line over the u!.

I can't wait for your Christmas stories!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nice poem!. Not true in the least, but it certainly flowed!.

You should know that the Witch has three stages of life, just as the moon: Waxing, Full and Waning!. (The Maiden, The Mother and the Crone!.)
Perhaps the hump on her back and her haggard and worn appearance is because the woman you speak of is in her later years!. After spending a lifetime carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders and caring for her loved ones, it is difficult for her to walk straightbacked and swift!. Perhaps the lover that you speak of, is her husband of fifty years, who isn't able to see these things that a stranger sees, because he's well aware of the beauty within!.!.!.
The poem is reminiscent of those told in years past to scare little children on Halloween Night!. ;)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Extremely entertaining, but this wouldn't be an Iano response without a few suggestions!.

V1, L4: And this is how her days are spent!. (As you go on to describe what she gets up to!.)

V2, L3: She cooks a brew in her old pot!. (Extra beat in your line!.)

or

V2, L3: An evil brew cooks in her pot,
V2, L4: Which she drinks down while boiling hot!.

V4, L2: Her skin glows like a new-bloomed rose!.

V5, L4: They say predestined was his fate!.

V6, L1: So if she sets her eye on you!.
V6, L2: There is but one thing you can do!.

Apart from these trivial things, excellent!.

Aha! You must be pronouncing 'iron' as 'ir'n' (which still has a hint of half an extra beat), whereas I'm reading it as 'ir-on' (2 syllables)!. If I didn't like your stuff, Dondi, I wouldn't take the time to try and be helpful in my own small way, so don't be offended by my suggestions!. You are of course entirely free to ignore them!. (As you probably do!.) also, to my ears, not to say 'a cast iron pot' or 'a new bloomed rose' interrupts the flow, even though I know you omit the 'a' in order to make the line have the required syllable count!. Just doesn't sound right in my book, hence some of my other suggestions!.Www@QuestionHome@Com