Love is like a flower

[tectak]

I don't know what you're going on about with the second quatrain. It was free of grammatical errors and the syntax looked fine to me. Also, one does, in fact, reminisce of things. You could say "about", but it doesn't quite roll off the tongue.

Yes...I agree. You DON'T know what I am going on about...but you will now feel very silly when I correct your use of the word "reminisce". It is "reminiscent OF" but one "reminisces ABOUT".
Best,
tectak

Just as you can think "OF" something and think "ABOUT" something, you can reminisce "OF" something and reminisce "ABOUT" something. Are you thick? They are interchangeable and your haughty attitude is making YOU look silly, not me.
"I reminisced of times past", sound far better than "I reminisced about times past". Both sentences are grammatically correct, but one sounds better than the other. As a side note, please stop writing in bold. It reads as though you're screaming like Adolf Hitler in one of his speeches.

Your attitude to critique does not become you. Comments in bold are to clearly indicate whatever must be isolated from the "body" of the poem. There are other options but we are not given to shouting. Kindly modify your response to critics who are trying to help you. Mod.

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Yes...I agree. You DON'T know what I am going on about...but you will now feel very silly when I correct your use of the word "reminisce". It is "reminiscent OF" but one "reminisces ABOUT".
Best,
tectak

Just as you can think "OF" something and think "ABOUT" something, you can reminisce "OF" something and reminisce "ABOUT" something. Are you thick? They are interchangeable and your haughty attitude is making YOU look silly, not me.
"I reminisced of times past", sound far better than "I reminisced about times past". Both sentences are grammatically correct, but one sounds better than the other. As a side note, please stop writing in bold. It reads as though you're screaming like Adolf Hitler in one of his speeches. Using "of" after "reminisce" is, as you say, applicable WHEN the word has no modifier. I admit I am back-tracking here, and it is my own fault for not following through with the original point, but what your line says is "....wistfully (reminisce) of...". You include the modifier in the verb. This means that you get  a clumsy linkage,  "wistfully of". I am being pedantic, and I appreciate that you are looking for "sounding better" so we are polarised.

Your attitude to critique does not become you. Comments in bold are to clearly indicate whatever must be isolated from the "body" of the poem. There are other options but we are not given to shouting. Kindly modify your response to critics who are trying to help you. Mod.