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Demigod Poem

by SilverBerry


He swings his sword,

And all aboard,

The Agro two has sailed.

But even though,

The monsters go,

They come back again unveiled.

~

They fight the monsters,

That haunt dreams,

Throw large mountains,

And drain streams.

~

All to fight the biggest threat,

The journey isn't over yet!

'Cause even though,

The monsters go,

Evil has prevailed.

~

Mother Nature's slumber ends,

To fight the waterboy and friends,

But they take her up-up to the sky,

The only place where she can die.

~

A/N: So my rhyme scheme here is really weird but whatever! :D


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Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:34 am



Nice! The rhyme scheme is a little sketchy, but I like the poem!




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Tue Sep 15, 2015 1:06 am
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Hey there, bla! Nice to review your poem on this fine day. This is going to be short, I have to warn you, this is going to be a short review for a short poem. But I'll do my best to help you make this the best it could be!

Now, first of all, quickly: I'm happy to see fanfiction written in forms other than prose. I believe that fanfiction can be used as a stepping stone leading to greater endeavors, and not all of those endeavors will be prose-based. Now let's talk about rhyme scheme. Here's the poem, as I understand it: "aabccbdefegghhijjkk".

Now, I know YWS can be intimidating formatting-wise, but I'm going to suggest you put a hyphen or something between some of the lines to differentiate between the stanzas. Specifically, between "They come back again unveiled" and "They fight the monsters," and "The journey isn't over yet!" and "'Cause even though,", and "Evil has prevailed." and "Mother Nature's slumber ends,". Now, I know that's confusing, but I want to quickly talk about punctuation, then come back to this. So. The punctuation in this poem is not optimal. It confuses the reader when you use a comma after every line, which is one of the pitfalls of rhyming poetry. So... rather than talk about each change individually (you're an excellent writer--you don't have time for that), I'll just paste my changes grammar/phrasing/punctuation-wise in this spoiler:

Spoiler! :
He swings his sword,

calls 'all-aboard!' -

The Agro Two has sailed.

'Cause even though,

The monsters go,

They soon come back, unveiled.



They fight the monsters who haunt dreams,

throw huge mountains, and drain streams -

all to fight the biggest threat:

the journey isn't over yet!



Even though,

the monsters go,

evil has prevailed.



For when Mother Nature's slumber ends,

she will fight the waterboy's friends.

Then they will take her to the sky,

The only place where she can die.


Now, I have three lines that I have questions/suggestions about here.

1.
He swings his sword,


This isn't really that strong a line, especially because we don't even know who it's referring to. Percy? Jason? Someone else? I feel like this is fairly generic, and--although engaging--is not as exciting as it could have been. We can't picture who he's swinging his sword /at/, and a guy swinging a sword randomly at the air is pretty boring. ;)

2.
They come back again unveiled.


I sort of get this concept, but you keep referring to the monsters and what they're doing ("they go", etc.). The only thing is, you can be kind of vague about it, because your rhyme scheme doesn't allow for much variation. This is fine--I totally get the restrictions you're adhering to--but I feel like focusing on them is drawing the readers' attention away from the real story here. All the monsters really do is slip in and out of focus, and that's quite unengaging.

3.
The only place where she can die.


I sort of expected more here. At least a little more of a twist. The original series is action-packed, and it this feels more like a summary than anything. A summary's fine, in some cases, but it doesn't really fit here. You want to give readers a taste of the plot of the books--and, to do that, you need to be really engaging.

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Finally: I love the variation you have here, but I feel like there could be even more engagement between the narrator and the audience. Keep working and keep writing!

IronSpark




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Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:49 pm
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NAJA, I love this!! Good job! Dang, you just made me really happy...
XD So, you already know I love it, so I'm gonna go straight to being nit-picky, as I've got only a few suggestions for this.
First: Stanzas. I feel like stanzas would really benefit your poem here, as it would break up the different thoughts and make it easier to read. So, yeah. You're punctuation is pretty much spotless, so wherever you put a period, end a stanza.
Now that I'm thinking about punctuation, I realize you have a comma at the end of each line. This is fine, but there are a few spots I think you could easily take out a comma, just for the flow of the poem. I would suggest reading it aloud and taking out commas in the spots where you do not pause in reading. People tend to read like they speak.

They fight the monsters,
That haunt dreams,
Throw large mountains,
And drain streams.

I would add a semicolon or a hyphen at the end of the second line, to kind of bridge these two thoughts better. Also, you need another syllable, for the sake of my sanity, in the last line, so I would add a 'the' after 'drain'.
All to fight the biggest threat,
The journey isn't over yet!

Maybe change it to
All to fight the biggest threat-
The journey isn't over yet!

for extra emphasis.
Besides these little things, this is really, really good. I'm impressed! Good job! Keep up the great writing; I can't wait to read and review more in the future!
~racket




racket says...


Oh, and I agree with the funky rhyme-scheme fixes ChocolateCello below me made.



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HEYY PROMISSED REVIEW FROM CELLO!

OKAY SO THE RHYMING PATTERN-MINOR EDITS (What's with the caps, I ask myself, I don't know. And why are you talking to yourself, I respond.)

*Deep breath* Okay actually going to help now

So you change your pattern quite a bit

He swings his sword,

And all aboard,

The Agro two has sailed.

But even though,

The monsters go,

They come back again unveiled.

AABCCB

They fight the monsters,

That haunt dreams,

Throw large mountains,

And drain streams.

ABCB
All to fight the biggest threat,

The journey isn't over yet,

'Cause even though,

The monsters go,

AABB
'Cause even though,

The monsters go,

Evil has prevailed.

Um AAB? Is that even a thing?
Mother Nature's slumber ends,

To fight the water boy and friends,

But they take her up-up to the sky,

The only place where she can die.

AABB

Okay, so your pattern is constantly changing, and I guess that's okay, but you should separate the sections. I haven't personally mastered the skill of properly separating so I simply add a line with nothing but a period on it.
Another option is to just rearrange everything. Keep the same content but change the pattern you list it in and put it on a constant rhyme scheme. (Is that how you use 'rhyme scheme'?) That's a lot of work though so it's totally your call.

OH AND BACK TO THIS-
'Cause even though,

The monsters go,

Evil has prevailed.

It feels like prevailed is set up to end up rhyming with something. I guess AAB might be a set up but I just don't know... It feels off and out of place. I would suggest changing this to a simpler set up. (AABB, ABCB, AABCCB, Etc.)

Nitpicking time! *Throws confetti*
Make 'water boy' seaweed brain. I'm sure Percy is referred to 'water boy' quite a few times in the book but it not nearly as popular as Annabeth's nickname for him.

"But they take her up-up to the sky"
Two things here. 'But' implies contradiction. You're not contradicting anything, but you're connecting. Replace 'but' with 'so'. It's time to fight SO they're taking her to the sky. See? these things connect. Also 'Up-up' would do better as 'up, up" in my opinion.

"They come back again unveiled.

They fight the monsters,"
Three things here. 'They' in the first line refers to monsters. 'They' in the second line refers to the team. Make it clear that you've changed subjects. 'The kids fight monsters' 'The team fights monsters' etc. Also not completely sure on your use of unveiled. Usually that's like 'I unveiled the new project plan', as if someone is showing something that's been hidden. Something should be doing the unveiling. Finally, 'come back' sounds better as 'return' in my opinion.

When you say "argo two' make sure to capitalize Argo and Two, the number is still part of the title.

All to fight the biggest threat,

The journey isn't over yet,

'Cause even though,

The monsters go,

Evil has prevailed.

Final suggestion- Period after yet and take out the 'cause'.

OKAY! I HOPE THAT WAs good enough.
I liked this. It was very creative and nicely written.

Keep up the good work!
-ChocolateCello




blablabl92 says...


Ahhh! I just realized that they weren't separated into sections, they were supposed to be. I'll fix that. Thanks for the review!



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Great job on this poem! I liked that this was based off of Blood of Olympus. Your rhymes are good but inconsistent and the line "Evil has prevailed" does not fit with the rhythm of the poem. In my opinion, the poem ends abruptly. I would like the end to be when Leo crashes into Mother Nature with the Argo II and they both die. Also, when I read the line "To fight the water boy and friends," I was unsure if water is supposed to be a separate word or an adjective. If it is a separate word, then you could put a comma between water and boy. If it is an adjective, then you could put a hyphen between water and boy. Overall, this poem was interesting. I liked it. Keep writing!




blablabl92 says...


Yeah, I wanted to add more to the poem, but not everyone has read Blood of Olympus so I didn't want to spoil it...



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