Siege Of Syracuse Poem by Ima Ryma

The siege of Syracuse did last
Longer than the Romans had planned.
Some great defenses were amassed.
Wise Archimedes had a hand.
He devised a huge 'claw' which took
The Roman ships out of the sea,
Danged in the air by this hook,
Then dropped, and smashed the ships did be.
The inventor made a huge mirror,
Reflecting sun on Roman sails,
Causing the ships to burn severe.
In the end Archimedes fails.

Roman Marcellus praised him skilled.
But Archimedes still was killed.