CT Poetically describe a lightsaber...

"A symbol of light prevailing over the darkness".

 

He conquered fear and he conquered hate
He turned dark night into day
He made his shining saber
A torch to light the way

 

Shining Sabers: A Star Wars Story

 

There once was a saber from Naboo,
Which did what all other blades do,
It chopped and sliced,
And even diced,
But got stopped by a beskar shoe.

 

Glowing stick of blue
Line with seven syllables
Old wizard goes poof

 

Did you know that this stick of light
Is quite useful in a fight
If you strike down your foe
He'll become more powerful that you can know
And to be honest, that wouldn't be bright!

 

I like it, but I mean, the darkness also uses them. They're red, but they still emit light

I really think the most poetic description is how the world was introduced to them

"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age"

 

He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift blade

 

I know that tune!

Old Ben's body has just vanished without a grave,
His Force ghost marches on...

 

That quote (from the film) lacks any real sense of profundity. Instead it relies upon the glorification of the past; classically romantic yes, poetic nah. It smells like revisionist twaddle as well. Romanticism and revisionism can be key components of poetic verse, but when delivered in a flat one dimensional way they lack the deeper meaning that's required to elevate any given prose to a form that can be considered poetic.

Kyle's phrase can be viewed in several ways; as a literal statement, as a metaphorical statement, or it can even be viewed as a maxim/idiom/axiom. This adds the necessary texture and deeper meaning required to satisfy his own original request. Poetically describe a lightsaber. He has satisfied the criterea with a sublime brevity that makes it unimpeachable.

 

That's cool and all, dawg, but

Gatsby was just looking at a green light. It was green cause it was green

I think in the space movie for 12 year olds, Obi-Wan's line is more than poetic enough

 

"A lightsaber crackles with electromagnetic energy".

 

I do not like green lightsabers, Ben
I do not like them
Han-I-am

 

Saber
With A Heart Of Kyber Crystal
More Civilized Than A Blaster Pistol
When Bright Might Is Held Right
The Deft Knight Will Fight
No Heft
Light

 

"An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age".

Nothing more to be said, an already perfect description in 1977. The weapon for elegant, civilized warfare, when peace is no longer an option.

Blasters, on the other hand, are brutal.

 

The synchrony of movement fluid and deft as the wielder of luminous beams of energy fights for peace and justice.

 

A powerful thingy
That astromechs flingy

 

Sith blades are red
Knight blades are blue
I sure like lightsabers
Bet you do too

 

This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight,
not as clumsy or random as a blaster.
An elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.