06-08-2015, 12:19 PM
(06-08-2015, 11:59 AM)Wjames Wrote:Hey, it's okay. The "you" are the friends I mentioned in the 4th line, "Emperors disguised as friends."(06-08-2015, 10:20 AM)SnarlingThroughOurSmiles Wrote: I was not made to eat somebody else's wordsJust my thoughts as I read your poem. Sorry if it seems harsh.
Swallow someone else's hate you could add [or] at the start of this line.
I was not meant to live under your Roman whims Who is "your" referring to?
Emperors disguised as friends
I was not born for begging you to let me in
Freezing, dying at your door
I was not bred for you to judge as I atop
Scaffolds stand in scarlet red "as I stand atop scaffolds in scarlet red" is (in my eyes) the more natural way of saying this. The alliteration is still there as well, but without shouting "look at me!!!!". I'm still wondering who "you" is.
We Are Not Things, she said on walls in desert white Who is "she?"
Sacrificing splendid queen I'm assuming "she" is "splendid queen". Who is that?
I Am Not Thing, but thanks to you I learned to smile You are not "a thing".
Shut up as you all kill me This stanza is extremely difficult to understand without punctuation to clarify. I have no idea what is going on. What is the significance of the (seemingly) random capitalization?
I am not plates, to throw against a concrete wall
Shatter me to soothe your rage
I am not wall, to beat and batter, smash and ram you might be "a wall", but you definitely aren't "wall".
Cannot crumble, doesn't fall
I am just girl, who loves and breaks and fights and mends You're "just a girl". "I am just girl" is caveman talk.
Casting you out of her world Finally, in the final line of the poem, "you" emerges from the shadows as some sort of ex-lover. Why not share that earlier?
I purposefully wrote "I was not bred for you to judge as I atop/Scaffolds stand in scarlet red" to keep the 4-8-7 meter.
"We Are Not Things" is a line from Mad Max, and "she" is the woman who first started declaring that in the movie.
I purposefully left out the articles to both keep the meter and to parallel "We Are Not Things" by saying "I am not ____" without the "a", despite it being grammatically incorrect. The line reads "I am not thing, but thanks to I learned to smile [and] shut up..."
Thanks for your critique though! Do you have any ideas on how I could work in articles while keeping the 4-8-7 pattern?

