Is There Hope??

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Like a butterflies wingbeat,
Forever consistent with defeat,
I stumble like the blind,
Hoping that I can be refined,
Maybe then there will be hope,
So that I can bear to cope,
As I stumble in wonder,
hearing the roaring thunder,
It crashes in the distance like my hopes and dreams,
It makes all my feelings burst at the seams,
Running I go, trying to escape,
Yet never able, always failing to, my life, reshape.




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I can see nothing wrong with this other than the last line. You've used too many commas. here is what I think it should be:

Yet never able, always failing to my life reshape.

The general way you've worded it makes it awkward to figure out, but with a rhyming pattern that sometimes can't be helped. I struggle with it all the time when I write rhyming poems. I liked this poem a lot, I can definitely relate to the idea. Keep writing!
Shakespearian tongue-twister:

To sit in solemn silence
In a dark, dank dock
In a pestilential prison
With a lifelong lock;
Awaiting the sensation
Of a short, sharp shock
Of a cheap, chippy chopper
On a big black block.




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I can see nothing wrong with this other than the last line. You've used too many commas. here is what I think it should be:

Yet never able, always failing to my life reshape.

The general way you've worded it makes it awkward to figure out, but with a rhyming pattern that sometimes can't be helped. I struggle with it all the time when I write rhyming poems. I liked this poem a lot, I can definitely relate to the idea. Keep writing!
Shakespearian tongue-twister:

To sit in solemn silence
In a dark, dank dock
In a pestilential prison
With a lifelong lock;
Awaiting the sensation
Of a short, sharp shock
Of a cheap, chippy chopper
On a big black block.




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it's good, just change them into complete sentences, that will work much better. :)
"This is our decision,
to live fast and die young...
Yeah it's overwhelming,
but what else can we do?
Get jobs in offices and
wake up for the morning commute?

The models will have children,
we'll get a divorce,
find some more models;
everything must run its course!

Fated to Pretend




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Its good. probably changing the sentence structure a bit would be good.. otherwise, nicely done:)
The answers lie within.. You only need to look.. :)




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It's really good. Just a few points:
Like a butterflies wingbeat
- It should be 'butterfly's' as you're using the possessive case not the plural form of the word.
hearing the roaring thunder
- Capital H.
Yet never able, always failing to, my life, reshape.
- This sounds a little awkward. Could it be worded differently? Something like 'Yet, my life, never able to reshape.' Or perhaps a different structure?
'Yet never able to,
Always failing to,
My life, reshape.'
I'm not sure though, it's difficult. I know how hard it is sometimes to try to fit a nice structure around what you want to say.

Overall though, I really liked it. Especially the first two lines. It's a lovely simile and very aurally appealing. Good job!




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I really like this poem, though I agree with the others. The sentence structure is a bit strange. But I know how hard it is to write a rhyming poem. Maybe your later works will be better. I'll be reading again soon. :)



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