Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Not a word from my pen in two months, and this--what do you think, too much?

The first stanza is maybe a little "much," before you hit your stride. "She is twenty-seven/and she is grace" is beautiful, and your imagery from there on is lovely. I disagree with the person who said take out the fourth stanza--it brings some conflicting elements in the poem, and gives it much more of a unique tone than "This is my wife standing in a field, isn't she lovely." The only part I'm not especially fond of is the last two lines, but they aren't BAD--just not as strong an ending as a strong poem like this COULD have.

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