Mist Encounters
#5
Thank you Unpolished and everyone who has given me feedback so far! I really appreciate it and am working on a second draft. The poem is meant to be in iambic hexameter, so 13 syllables instead of 12 is a big deal to me! I was reading "separate" as 2 syllables, but it is good to know that it can also be read as three. 

(04-07-2020, 09:27 AM)unpolished Wrote:  I really enjoyed this poem, the imagery is lovely. And the last stanza is just perfection, but something was odd about the second stanza. And I didn't realize the problem until I started counting syllables (using my fingers mind you, so this can be wrong) and realized that this line:

of comprehension. Separate lives can be adhered

is the only line in the poem that has 13 syllables.

for inner turmoil banished - act now, do not think!
Extend a hand, unfurl a smile. Through mist, a wink
of comprehension. "Parted" lives can be adhered
And solitude upended. Put to rest the years

I don't know if you meant to work in 12 syllable lines only, but I think reworking this line would make the poem better.
Keep writing, especially during these times.
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Messages In This Thread
Mist Encounters - by mlea - 03-31-2020, 06:53 AM
RE: Mist Encounters - by Cat - 04-02-2020, 01:31 AM
RE: Mist Encounters - by GMan - 04-06-2020, 05:02 AM
RE: Mist Encounters - by unpolished - 04-07-2020, 09:27 AM
RE: Mist Encounters - by mlea - 04-08-2020, 04:44 AM
RE: Mist Encounters - by Mark A Becker - 04-21-2020, 05:56 AM
RE: Mist Encounters - by ElleEmBea - 04-23-2020, 01:04 AM
RE: Mist Encounters - by CRNDLSM - 11-08-2020, 03:23 PM
RE: Mist Encounters - by mlea - 11-09-2020, 05:52 AM



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