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	''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is a sonnet written by [[Mallora Kaldon]], princess and later queen of [[Kiatra]]~~. The sonnet was~~ composed ~~while she was~~ in her late teens and early twenties, before she married. While Mallora continued to write throughout her life, nothing else she produced was quite like the sonnet, which ~~she made occasional edits to up~~ until her death. Mallora's poetry and prose were popular in her own kingdom as well as elsewhere on the Greater Continent, and continued to be read and reprinted long after her death. ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'', in particular, was a regular fixture, and considered so compelling that it was often studied in schools despite it's explicit contents.		''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is a sonnet written by [[Mallora Kaldon]], princess and later queen of [[Kiatra]]: composed in her late teens and early twenties, before she married. While Mallora continued to write throughout her life, nothing else she produced was quite like the sonnet, which edited until her death. Mallora's poetry and prose were popular in her own kingdom as well as elsewhere on the Greater Continent, and continued to be read and reprinted long after her death. ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'', in particular, was a regular fixture, and considered so compelling that it was often studied in schools despite it's explicit contents.

	==Contents==		==Contents==
	Despite the name, ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is actually about a young man. In the poem, Mallora expresses deep longing and desire for this man, as well as incredible gratitude~~. While nominally a love poem, the sonnet is subtly sexualy explicit~~. One literary critic, writing a century and a half after Mallora's death, said ''"it's basically ninety-nine ways to say 'I want to sleep with this guy', some something about saving her kingdom?"''. In addition to the explicit contents, the poem features themes of love, devotion, sacrifice, and longing. Still, the verses are so lyrical and intricate ~~that~~ it is considered a masterwork of the genre. The subject of the poem is unknown.		Despite the name, ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is actually about a young man. In the poem, Mallora expresses deep longing and desire for this man, as well as incredible gratitude. One literary critic, writing a century and a half after Mallora's death, said ''"it's basically ninety-nine ways to say 'I want to sleep with this guy', and some something about saving her kingdom?"''. In addition to the explicit contents, the poem features themes of love, devotion, sacrifice, and longing. Still, the verses are so lyrical and intricate, it is considered a masterwork of the genre. The subject of the poem is unknown.

	==Background==		==Background==
	Mallora was roughly fifteen at the time of [[Kiatra#The Great Schism\|The Great Schism]], and due to some of the lines in the sonnet, many suspect it concerns the events of the war, and might provide a possible clue as to the cause of the divide. Some scholars have ascribed the identity of Mallora's mystery man as "nature"~~, though this theory is controvertial. Others~~ claim she is ~~actually~~ writing about the earthquake, ~~using it~~ as a metaphor for a young woman's sexual awakening. Mallora herself laughed at such speculations, and took the secret to her grave.		Mallora was roughly fifteen at the time of [[Kiatra#The Great Schism\|The Great Schism]], and due to some of the lines in the sonnet, many suspect it concerns the events of the war, and might provide a possible clue as to the cause of the divide. Some scholars have ascribed the identity of Mallora's mystery man as "nature"; others claim she is writing about the earthquake, as a metaphor for a young woman's sexual awakening. Mallora herself laughed at such speculations, and took the secret to her grave.

	==See Also==		==See Also==
	*[[Kiatra]]		*[[Kiatra]]

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	''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is a sonnet written by [[Mallora Kaldon]], princess and later queen of [[Kiatra]]. The sonnet was composed while she was in her late teens and early twenties, before she married. While Mallora continued to write throughout her life, nothing else she produced was quite like the sonnet, which she made occasional edits to up until her death. Mallora's poetry and prose were popular in her own kingdom as well as elsewhere on the Greater Continent, and continued to be read and reprinted long after her death. ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'', in particular, was a regular fixture, and considered so compelling that it was often studied in schools despite it's explicit contents.		''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is a sonnet written by [[Mallora Kaldon]], princess and later queen of [[Kiatra]]. The sonnet was composed while she was in her late teens and early twenties, before she married. While Mallora continued to write throughout her life, nothing else she produced was quite like the sonnet, which she made occasional edits to up until her death. Mallora's poetry and prose were popular in her own kingdom as well as elsewhere on the Greater Continent, and continued to be read and reprinted long after her death. ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'', in particular, was a regular fixture, and considered so compelling that it was often studied in schools despite it's explicit contents.

	==Contents=		==Contents==
	Despite the name, ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is actually about a young man. In the poem, Mallora expresses deep longing and desire for this man, as well as incredible gratitude. While nominally a love poem, the sonnet is subtly sexualy explicit. One literary critic, writing a century and a half after Mallora's death, said ''"it's basically ninety-nine ways to say I want to sleep with this guy, some something about saving her kingdom"''.		Despite the name, ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is actually about a young man. In the poem, Mallora expresses deep longing and desire for this man, as well as incredible gratitude. While nominally a love poem, the sonnet is subtly sexualy explicit. One literary critic, writing a century and a half after Mallora's death, said ''"it's basically ninety-nine ways to say 'I want to sleep with this guy', some something about saving her kingdom?"''. In addition to the explicit contents, the poem features themes of love, devotion, sacrifice, and longing. Still, the verses are so lyrical and intricate that it is considered a masterwork of the genre. The subject of the poem is unknown.

	==Background==		==Background==
	Mallora was roughly fifteen at the time of [[Kiatra#The Great Schism\|The Great Schism]], and due to some of the lines in the sonnet, many suspect it concerns		Mallora was roughly fifteen at the time of [[Kiatra#The Great Schism\|The Great Schism]], and due to some of the lines in the sonnet, many suspect it concerns the events of the war, and might provide a possible clue as to the cause of the divide. Some scholars have ascribed the identity of Mallora's mystery man as "nature", though this theory is controvertial. Others claim she is actually writing about the earthquake, using it as a metaphor for a young woman's sexual awakening. Mallora herself laughed at such speculations, and took the secret to her grave.

			==See Also==
			*[[Kiatra]]

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''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is a sonnet written by [[Mallora Kaldon]], princess and later queen of [[Kiatra]]. The sonnet was composed while she was in her late teens and early twenties, before she married. While Mallora continued to write throughout her life, nothing else she produced was quite like the sonnet, which she made occasional edits to up until her death. Mallora's poetry and prose were popular in her own kingdom as well as elsewhere on the Greater Continent, and continued to be read and reprinted long after her death. ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'', in particular, was a regular fixture, and considered so compelling that it was often studied in schools despite it's explicit contents.

==Contents=
Despite the name, ''I Am Mallora of Kiatra'' is actually about a young man. In the poem, Mallora expresses deep longing and desire for this man, as well as incredible gratitude. While nominally a love poem, the sonnet is subtly sexualy explicit. One literary critic, writing a century and a half after Mallora's death, said ''"it's basically ninety-nine ways to say I want to sleep with this guy, some something about saving her kingdom"''.

==Background==
Mallora was roughly fifteen at the time of [[Kiatra#The Great Schism|The Great Schism]], and due to some of the lines in the sonnet, many suspect it concerns