For the next part of the story I have a simple question for you.
What word am I thinking about right now?
To make this incredibly easy task only slightly more difficult for intellects such as yours. Let’s say you get one guess every twelve hours. After the first guess, even if you are right, I won’t tell you.
See? Perfectly reasonable.
Shall we begin?
Let’s do it!
I think we would like to guess “prophecy” as the word you’re thinking of (presuming it’s one word for the whole thing and not one for each part of the rhyme).
That is incorrect. Now if you will be so kind as to excuse me. This next one is going to be messy and I need to put down some drop cloths.
Well, I’m not looking forward to this.
Our next guess is “maelstrom.”
That is incorrect.
Okay @Steve, you brilliant jerk, our next guess is “wonders.”
And because I feel like showing my/our work…
Broke his crown: Colossus of Rhodes
Burst into flames: Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Faded into legend: Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Mad Goths: Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Disrepair: Lighthouse of Alexandria
Citadel: Statue of Zeus
Rocks: Mausoleum at Halicarnassus