10-07-2016, 11:52 AM
I find something quite hypnotic about the language in this. You have, for the most part, good command of meter and the sonics are very soothing, particularly the assonance and alliteration. I feel that there's something I'm missing, an allusion not quite met.
There are definitely lines that require attention, particularly L6/7 -- I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say but I think it would be improved with:
But to break, to mutate, it is monstrous -- behold!
How she claws with her eyes sparking fear and contempt
(I think you mean that she's clawing with her eyes, rather than at someone else's. If I've missed the point, I apologise -- if not, then I quite like the odd verb usage.)
L9 falls short on meter due to odd stresses -- when I read it aloud I end up with tetrameter only, despite the syllable count. The final line, despite being metrically sound, leaves me feeling like the poem is incomplete. It's not a bad close in and of itself, but I feel that it comes too abruptly, from her being teary and kind of victim-sounding to suddenly having a solid conviction. Just seems odd.
I don't think this is a scrapper, but it could definitely do with some grounding and possibly a couple more lines to sonnetise it
There are definitely lines that require attention, particularly L6/7 -- I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say but I think it would be improved with:
But to break, to mutate, it is monstrous -- behold!
How she claws with her eyes sparking fear and contempt
(I think you mean that she's clawing with her eyes, rather than at someone else's. If I've missed the point, I apologise -- if not, then I quite like the odd verb usage.)
L9 falls short on meter due to odd stresses -- when I read it aloud I end up with tetrameter only, despite the syllable count. The final line, despite being metrically sound, leaves me feeling like the poem is incomplete. It's not a bad close in and of itself, but I feel that it comes too abruptly, from her being teary and kind of victim-sounding to suddenly having a solid conviction. Just seems odd.
I don't think this is a scrapper, but it could definitely do with some grounding and possibly a couple more lines to sonnetise it
It could be worse
