Growth

by Charm

Published December 1, 2018

E - Everyone

In Poetry 2018

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notmaria
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notmaria wrote a review Review · Dec 3, 2018

I love this poem! The first stanza is great, and I loved the personification of Growth throughout the poem. There are a couple things that I think might improve the flow of the poem.
First off, a consistent rhyme scheme. In some areas, you use rhyme, but in others you don't. I don't know if it was a stylistic choice or not, but it just didn't really work for me.
Secondly, punctuation. After blood, I would put a period instead of a comma. You're still talking about Growth, but you're no longer describing her. Instead, you're describing the event that the poem is about. I'd signal that transition with a period.
Also, you need a period after eyes, since it's the end of a sentence. It would be more grammatically correct if you put a period after blade as well.
Great work!

Charm replied · Dec 3, 2018

Thanks so much for your advice. I didn't intentionally rhyme though.

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notmaria
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notmaria commented Comment · Dec 3, 2018

I love this!!

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RowenaLynn
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RowenaLynn wrote a review Review · Dec 2, 2018

Heyo! This is a really cool piece! I personally like your choice of the lowercase "i" ... I believe that in poetry it's a choice to spell correctly or capatalize and whatnot. The shortness may seem disappointing or dissatisfying to a reader, but it honestly also is what highlights certain parts and makes it stand out. I had to think more about this poem, which is a good thing because, well, sometimes a poem is... to explicit? Too just, like, "this is this and sadness or happiness". I don't know 😂.
But I LOVE the stanza that goes
"so quiet and soft is Growth;
so often unseen, unknown."
To me that one really stood out and was pretty amazing.
The ending may be a bit abrupt as the review before me said, but then again, poetry is abbot of a different form of writing and it's more depending on the author. Different people/readers would think differently with all pieces, so it really just depends on what you think about it all. About every piece of the poem. Don't forget that. And keep writing!
Happy Review Day!

Aliceinhorrorland wrote a review Review · Dec 2, 2018

Heyyy, I’m here to review this! Okay so this is a short but sweet poem, which is cool. I wish it were a little longer though, in my opinion. I actually really enjoyed reading this poem, and I think it flowed together pretty nicely, and that’s a difficult thing to do. One thing I have to say “grammar/spelling wise” is that you’re technically supposed to capitalize the “I.” It’s not like it ruined the poem or anything, just thought I’d let you know. Overall, this is a pretty special poem. Especially if you wrote it after not writing poems for like 5 months, so really good job! One last thing I have to say is, I think it ended really abruptly, I feel like this poem needs a better ending to bring it some more justice. Anyways! That all I have to say, I really liked your wording! Hope to see more of your work.

~CAKEEEE~



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