10-06-2010, 07:43 AM
nice feedback jack
thanks.Quote:Also, the lack of punctuation tripped me up a bit. I would have put full stops after the words "dawn" in the first stanza, and both "grace" and "place" in the third, and a comma after "hell" in the final couplet.the lack of punctuation is a by-product of of the free verse i write. i should have used grammar in this piece because it's not free verse. i'll add it in the edit.
Quote:The syntax confused me at times. This line, for instance, just doesn't seem right: "such passion made you mine alone till grave/know you my love." Are you saying that said passion made her yours until the graveyes hers (the grave i mean. she died.) and mine for i died a little as well.
i tried to give the fact away with the last line which
i kinda stole and bastardised from john donne's elegy "for whom the bells toll"
"The bell doth toll for him
that thinks it doth;"
Quote:Nonetheless, the second and third stanzas have a few great images; "carried upon a stream/woven by Morpheus," - the notion of a stream being weaved is awesome - "conceptuality/danced and dallied" - the best line here, I think - "an ardent nymph," "led my soul to sacred place" - both charming and jolly and sweet. And the final rhyme of "hell" and "bell" is simply orgasmic.kind words like honest feedback are always welcome.
Quote:So, in conclusion, great here and there, and with a solid concept, but the archaic construction obscures the beauty.i hope we get to see more of your serious feedback jack it's refreshing.
