11-20-2013, 09:27 AM
(11-19-2013, 10:52 PM)beaufort Wrote: Winter RefugeAll in all, I enjoyed the imagery very well. Just made some critique in bold, hope they help.
The woods stand sacred, bathed in snow, Good start, nice imagery.
glimmering now and bright, although Not a very common style, to have the sentence come to a pause and then one word at the end of the line. I see that it was this way for the intent of the rhyme, I enjoyed and find this style to be pretty unique.
the evening wind portends the night
and russet sun falls slowly, low. "slowly, low" without the comma it would read rather bad, however I still think it doesn't flow very well.
And here the ice and frost amass,
translucent pearls entwine tall grass Great!
glowing in last shreds of light
like twirling, twinkling shards of glass.
The doe and stag stand in the glade
side by side for warmth, afraid Again with the unique style, nice to see the uniformity and structure of this piece work so well.
of nothing here – in pine and snow,
dove’s lullaby a serenade. glade=one syllable, afraid=two syllables, serenade=three syllables, I wonder was that intentional? I think its pretty cool how it turned out that way.
These sacred woods, enshrined in white The first few words of this poem are "The woods stand sacred" so I think this can be reworded to be different.
protect all these and more each night -
ice-embroidered blankets bright
swaddle each in bands of white. white used the second time in this stanza, I think that can be altered as to not take away from the meaning of each word. Also the third line rhymes with the rest of this stanza. All the previous stanzas have the third line not rhyme with the other three lines. For these reasons I find this last stanza to be the weakest and I think a few changes can make this poem look completely uniform.
I never highlight my flaws or deficits
Because none of that will matter when death visits
Because none of that will matter when death visits

