Hello hello. I doubt you will see this.
So shape poetry! Love it so much. I think it's hard to form an actual image with just words, so it's really cool to see it on YWS! I don't think I've ever reviewed a shape poem honestly because they intimidate me greatly. I don't think I've ever written one successfully as well because it gets me tired very quickly. I'm not personally not one for any kind of shapes added to my poetry because it doesn't fit my style I think.
Anyway, relating to shape, I'm not exactly sure what this is? I believe it's some kind of animal of sorts, which is in tune with the entire theme. I get that it's hard to create shape poems and have them be exact to whatever you wanted to replicate, so I'm not that stressed on this, but I think that this could a little more defined - around the mouth more specifically, because there it just happens to jut out for reasons I can't place, and then around the ears because they also happen to jut out a little I think.
I see someone saying that it's a deer, so I'll just stick with that. I doubt you'll reply to this, so I guess it will forever just be a deer to me now haha. I do in fact see a deer in the shape now that I mention it to myself, but I'd say still, it's a little blurry around those key spots I mentioned, but that's probably because of the complications that come along with actually formatting concrete poetry and how it will never be spot on.
Also that last line is just beautiful. It really hits the target perfectly, that the animal being killed just for the sake of becoming a taxidermal prize is going through a lot. I think it can tie in with a lot of moral things too, if you were to look at it from the perspective that the deer stands for more than just a deer and reflects on deeper causes. It can go hand-in-hand with hunting and gun laws and stuff that's like that I think.
That's all I have for you. Happy RevMo!
-- chi
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