Babbling Old Fool
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(04-08-2014, 02:32 AM)Thoughtjotter Wrote:  Are there no disciples of the babbling old fool,A jaunty but enigmatic opener. Always good start with a secret...who he? Will we find out? We shall see.
with the erudition of an accredited school? Slight disconnect as I am uncertain, though you may say this is pedantic, to whom your refer...the disciples or the BOF. Is it possible that the BOF is erudite? Seems unreasonable. Or are you asking for disciples with accreditation? Then why? Hmmm.
Self assured of his intellectual mind, Aren't we all so blessed? Did you mean intellectual or academic?
why are these believers so hard to find? Why are they believers. You are ahead of your reader. What are you struggling to say? It is now unclear, clearly

His profound thoughts could not be kept to himself, Why? But semicolon here regardless.
should such brilliance gather dust on the shelf?metaphorically buggered up...and cliched to boot. Not a good line. It is wanting.
He babbles aloud to anyone within range, Six inches too long. Meter muxed ip. One too many babbles
any marvelous phrase that he could arrange. Because you chose the form you are stuttering out his, he, him's in laborious and frankly unavoidable procession. There is no quick cure.

Never demanding to be understood,
Sharing his gift could only be good.
Those who know him can always expect,
There is no subject in which he can not reflect. This last stanza is pointlessly added on. It simply wanders about repeating what has already been said whilst actually it is too embarrassed to ask where the exit is. I can tell you. Straight on at the end of the previous stanza. Oh, who he?

I can see some pique in this but for the life of me I cannot see purpose. It just says "There goes a smart arse and nobody likes him". Is that it? Needs more rage and more reason for rage. It comes across as a littany against an unnamed competitor or genre. You do stick largely with the meter and that is refreshing, but as often is the case you then do not put in the effort needed to avoid simplistic forced rhymes. One last point, and I should ask this more often...why do you randomly capitalise new lines?
Best,
tectak
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Babbling Old Fool - by Thoughtjotter - 04-08-2014, 02:32 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by tectak - 04-08-2014, 03:23 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Thoughtjotter - 04-08-2014, 08:01 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Erthona - 04-08-2014, 03:47 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Erthona - 04-08-2014, 10:01 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Thoughtjotter - 04-09-2014, 02:58 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Erthona - 04-09-2014, 03:15 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Thoughtjotter - 04-10-2014, 10:05 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by crow - 04-09-2014, 05:51 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Thoughtjotter - 04-09-2014, 09:51 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by crow - 04-09-2014, 11:37 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by milo - 04-09-2014, 11:43 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by jdvanwijk - 04-11-2014, 03:42 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by bena - 04-11-2014, 05:46 AM
RE: Babbling Old Fool - by Thoughtjotter - 04-17-2014, 06:19 AM



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