Dreamed of Hell

I wrote this almost a year ago. Tell me what you think?

--------------------


[pre]Dreamed of Hell (3/23/07)

I dreamed of love, once -
And my love killed herself.
I dreamed of a Princess
With bloodied knife on a shelf.
I dreamed of an adventure
And an angel fell from a tower.
I dreamed of a friendship
One was gone within the hour.
I dreamed of an old maiden
Her eyes were half-gouged out.
I dreamed they found a savior
But then was filled with doubt.
I dreamed I saw my nightmares
And secrets I'd never told.
I dreamed my life was nothing,
No love, no light to hold.
I dreamed of a story,
That I could never tell.
I dreamed that if I looked at it
I'd see the bloody hell.
And then I dreamed a dream -
Purely, solely Hell.
[/pre]

I dreamed of love, once - (Good)
The loved one killed herself ('loved one' sounds awkward)
I dreamed of Princesses (Princesses....how about single? Mr. Lech)
They were dead, a knife on a shelf (Last part is awkward)
I dreamed of an adventure
And an angel fell from a tower
I dreamed of a friendship
One was dead, within the hour
I dreamed of an old maiden
Her eyes were half-gouged out (what!?)
I dreamed they found a savior
By then, was filled with doubt (But then*)
I dreamed my dreams were nightmares (lose 'dreams were')
And secrets I'd never told
I dreamed my life was nothing,
No love, no light to hold
I dreamed of a story,
That I could never tell
I dreamed that if I looked at it
I'd see the bloody hell
And then I dreamed a dream -
Purely, solely Hell

It was good, but you changed form towards the end and the beginning needed some work. Overall it was very good and simple at the same time.

Thanks!

I nevre really liked the first few lines, honestly, but I can see where it bothers you. Thanks. I'll edit it and repost.

I rather would like to keep the line that goes 'I dreamed my dreams were nightmares', though. Or at least, the general idea- any hints as to how I can do that?

No need to repost. Just edit your original here.

The line:

'I dreamed my dreams were nightmares'

is really more of needless repeating. Unless you want to stress the fact you dreamed your dreams being of nightmares. Which would be rather unusual as you don't usually dream you dream, you just dream. It is more powerful to simply write:

"I dreamed my nightmares"

I am not sure on how you could keep the repetitive line while preserving the original sense. Though if you like it so much, why not just keep it?

Good poem. It was nice!

Thanks!

Kenpachi, the reason I'm rather reluctant to change it to that it because it seems to interrupt the entire flow of the poem. I'll just try to find a way to lengthen the syllables in that sentence.

I really enjoyed that!

I loved all the negatives you used, but it bothers me how you used 'dead/death' so much along with 'bloody' and 'kill'. The theme was nice though and the grammar was spot on.

Not a lot more to add!

Great, keep writing!

~Mark

Thanks! I'll really have to work on this, then.

All righty! Edited it. WDYT?

This was really good.

Why thank you. :3

I really like this

Yay! I love positive reviews! :3 Thanks a lot!

I loved it!
But I thought that the fact that you repeated the last and second last stanza was reapeated and it oke away from the poem itself.

Other than that it was extremely good.
Nice job!
Shanan-cat!

Nicely done. I enjoyed reading it.

Thanks!

Shanan, I meant, in that stanza, that eventually I did look at it. I sort of overcame my fear and gazed at that story and it was like 'HELL LOL'.

Does that not make sense I dunno.