Eyes of a Hopeless Child [13+] this is not a suicidal note. |
Welcome to WDC from "Newbie Welcome Wagon" ! Note To The Author: Reviews are limited by at least two things: The reviewer's knowledge/background and the author's temperament. Sometimes the reviewer's understanding and interpretation of a piece misses the mark. When the author believes this is the case, he can become hurt or angered. Please don't be. This review is neither a condemnation of your work, nor an extolment. It's just my opinion, nothing more. I am glad to hear it’s not intended as a suicide note. I rarely think such like this are anyway; it is usually just a younger person trying to deal with his/her emotions and does so in a dramatic way. I think often the issues are heightened for effect, parents and society become more unfeeling than they actually are, this is to get those feeling out, and to say what one is feeling, even it id it possibly hyperbolic. Whatever is bothering you (if anything) you have my sympathy. To know someone is hurt is not an easy thing to bear, so you have my sympathies. As I look beyond the personal aspects of this poem, to the literary, there are, as you undoubtedly know, a fair number of typographical errors. If you listen to only one thing I suggest today, let it be this: use spell check. Almost all word processors have spell checkers, as do some web browsers and even some online sites. So checking your spelling should not be an issue. It’s easy and will keep readers like me from mentioning your spelling errors. Another issue is your lack of apostrophe use in contractions like, “won’t.” In addition, you do not capitalize the single word, “I.” All these issues point to your youth, and if you want your writing to be taken seriously, these are really simple and easy ways to help that to happen. There are also issues with choppy sentences. Some of your sentences could be combined to make fuller subjects that are not just sentence fragments. Okay, that is enough of my preaching about the issues I noticed. Beyond the detractions, there are real feelings and worries at play here, and I know you would prefer the reader concentrate on that, for you wrote this so that people can feel what you feel, and maybe understand. I do not know if I understand, but I can certainly empathize with you, and with anyone who feels as this poem describes Review from "Let's help each other grow- Closed"
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