An oldie but a goodie

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Look at these words long enough,
And they might just show you the path.

Couple this thought to the next,

Or throw caution to the wind,
And be a Wilder person.

This is my first riddle, so I hope its not too bad.

[Jon]

Stumped!

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Answer the riddle and you would make a Plant green with envy

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Concentrate on the Bolded words

[Jon]

Plant is capitolized.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Maybe that is another clue.....

[pomegranate fish tiger]

My first reading of this made me think of Thornton Wilder. Maybe the word "couple" refers to The Matchmaker. I think one of his characters was called Brush. Could this be connected to "plant"?

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

It is not connected to The Plant, as I have not had the pleasure of reading it. (Since I heard it wasnt finished and not likely to ever be so)
Plant is however a clue.

The answer is right on the Page.
Just look at the bolded words.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Well, I guess this riddle is going over like a led balloon.

[John_and_Yoko]

I'm sorry, I just can't make any kind of connection between the words.... :(

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

The phrases dont have any particular meaning.
The bolded words are important.
Plant is a clue
Page is a clue
Led balloon is a clue
That ought to completely give it away.

[John_and_Yoko]

The phrases dont have any particular meaning.
The bolded words are important.
Plant is a clue
Page is a clue
Led balloon is a clue
That ought to completely give it away.

I KNOW the bolded words are important, but I'm getting NOTHING.

I'm going to go way out on a limb here and say "Zeppelin" because I notice you spelled "lead" without the A, and a zeppelin is an airship that includes a balloon....

I don't think that's the entire answer, if it's any part of it at all, but that's literally ALL I can think of....

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Led Zeppelin is on the right track, you are almost there.

[John_and_Yoko]

Led Zeppelin is on the right track, you are almost there.

Seriously, almost? That close?

Um....

Okay, Jimmy PAGE, Robert PLANT....



But I have no idea what it has to do with the boldened words....

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Final Clue:
Look at these words long enough, = STARE
And they might just show you the path.

Couple this thought to the next,

Or throw caution to the wind,
And be a Wilder person.

This is my first riddle, so I hope its not too bad.

[John_and_Yoko]

All I'm getting is "Stairway to Heaven."

Look = stare (stair)

Path = way

Couple = two (to)

But "throw" and "Wilder"? I'm completely stumped....

Unless:

throw = heave

Wilder = Van (Wilder)....

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Exactly!

Sorry, I guess I'm not too good at writing riddles.

[John_and_Yoko]

Exactly!

Sorry, I guess I'm not too good at writing riddles.

At least you didn't make yours multi-step, like I did with mine--I'm not going to "give up" and give away the answer with that, but I'm going to probably not do that kind of riddle again....

Anyway, I think it's more that I'm unfamiliar with Led Zeppelin and their music (which is no one's fault) than the writing of the riddle.

Chin up. :)

[Gaberax]

Excellent riddle Browning's Childe. :clap: I had the "to" and either "Van" or "Gene" part, but was too dense to put the rest together. Excellent riddle on your part!

[Jon]

naw, good riddle. I was just dull minded.