HardLong Riddle
Begotten, and born, and dying with noise, The terror of women, and pleasure of boys, Like the fiction of poets concerning the wind, I'm chiefly unruly, when strongest confined.
Riddle
Begotten, and born, and dying with noise, The terror of women, and pleasure of boys, Like the fiction of poets concerning the wind, I'm chiefly unruly, when strongest confined.
Choose an answer
A.firecracker
B.thunder
C.musket
D.cannon
Hint: It's a word with 6 letters, starting with "C".
Answer
cannon
Why this is the answer
A cannon is 'born' with a deafening blast, terrifies onlookers, delights boys who play at soldiers, and is most dangerous when its powder is tightly confined.
This riddle is filed under Long Riddles and rated Hard.