Hello Joseph!
This was nicely penned! The structure is clean, and nice use of slant rhymes :) This will have a big spot in our Literary Section. Thank you for sharing this work of art!
How it hit me
First thing I noticed... soooo clean. It had a solid musical rhythm to keep me reading, and the lines weren't too long either. You clearly know what you're doing, you gave it a good meter and some neat unforced rhymes. You're doing a great job, and you keep on improving with every work. Hats off.
SUGGESTIONS
As compelling as it is, we can't always be perfect right?
[Structure]
Let's start with the rhymes. Again, they were not forced and everything complemented each other. Though the rhymes are muffled (disorganized), it is not a necessity to arrange them. Knowing you though, you want to keep on improving, right?
Link: http://nicholastozier.com/have-you-mastered-all-si...
Now the meter, the poem had an almost perfect 8 syllable count except for the 2nd line. Don't worry, it ain't significant and only few would probably care... besides the 2nd line was great idea of getting the readers involved. Yes, talk with the readers, make them part of what they are reading... great job on doing just that.
[GRAMMAR]
I am no professional, I urge you to correct me if I make mistakes.
The things I do leave me dismay.
Dismay (Verb) - cause (someone) to feel consternation and distress.
Dismay (Noun) - consternation and distress, typically that caused by something unexpected.
If I were to rewrite it:
The verb form: The things I do leave me dismayed
The noun form: The things I do leave me in dismay
Meter wise, I suggest you take the verb form. This is just an opinion, I may be wrong.
[Message]
I may not get the meaning you really want to show, so please notify me if I get it wrong or missed something.
We all want to change for the better, however, IT'S NOT EASY. We challenge ourselves, try everything we can but IT'S JUST NOT THAT EASY. This may not be entirely related but I just want to share my thoughts... We all have that backstory that makes us cringe just thinking about it, but that story made us... of who we are today. No matter how bad or disgusting we once were... let's just face it, it's what makes you 'YOU'. However, that story don't DEFINE us as an entire person... because who 'YOU' are is the story that comes after.
Favorite part was:
I wasn't created this way,
The things I do leave me dismay.
I want my life to be arranged,
So I tell you this, I will change.
From the start, nobody chose what life they are going to live... but if life did not turned out to be a good one, we need the drive to make it better. Great words, great advocacy.
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