Talons of Flame

Hey felistia, I saw that you were totally rocking review day with all of your reviews, so I thought I'd come by and give you a review too!

Grammar/Wording
Your grammar and capitalization was very consistent until the last stanza. In every other stanza you had the first line capitalized and second line un-capitalized. I'm not sure this makes sense especially since 4th and 5th stanzas are all one big sentence so maybe the last 3 lines should all remain un-capitalized? Whatever you decide to do, keep it consistent.

Your word choice was also good, there didn't seem to be anything out of place. It seems like you went through the whole rainbow throughout your poem - from the blue, black, ice, golden, green, & scarlet - I found that to be kind of neat. Your word choice also highlight the attributes of dragons being majestic and fierce. Although you also mention their intelligence & joy, I think it might make it interesting if you could draw in the personality of dragons a bit more than just speaking about their actions and appearances primarily. Emotions and personality helps readers connect.

There seems to be some occasional redundancy that could be deleted from your poem. For instance, in stanza 3 "razor talons and sharp claws" mean the same thing I believe (maybe substitute teeth or horns for claws?) And "might cries and thundering roars" also means about the same. Actually you seem to do this a lot, so I would just be cautious about having a variety of words that although are interesting/nice sounding/descriptive really all mean the exact same thing.
You really don't need to describe the island as being both "green" and "emerald" because the words are synonyms and don't give you any additional meaning. Also in my opinion "cold snow/arctic ice" "scarlet inferno/crimson flame" , "cobalt/blue", "wild/never tame" are also all redundant phrases. While having one of the descriptors in there is great, having both doesn't add anything except extra words. This is just my opinion though, and others may not see this type of phrasing as redundant.

Formatting/Rhyming
I like the format of having two lines per stanza. Clean, clear, and simple. It looks like YWS might have messed up the formatting a bit for you last stanza, but you should be able to go back in and edit that.

The rhyme scheme also helps move the poem along, so that the reader goes to the next line with ease. With the lines being so long some of the musical/lyrical quality was lost, although I don't think the length impeded any meaning from the poem. I would just consider for future works, that such long lines can get a bit tedious for readers, and the rhyming may also be lost among the long lines.

Content
I really enjoy the topic, I'm a fan of dragons, but have never written poetry about them. (Love the Inheritance Series, if you've ever read that...)

Not sure about the title, it doesn't seem to completely encapsulate what the poem is about.

I think overall, this poem paints a lovely description of what a dragon is and what a dragon does.

The poem has clear content and direction and achieves, I believe, what it sets out to do.

Nice poem and great work with all of your reviews! Enjoy your day!!

~alliyah
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Hello felistia,

Your poem is a delight to read, it is beautifully written and yet it shows all the power and strenght of such a mighty creature like dragons. I feel like I would love to see this written in a book (I'm a major diehard for fantasy novels!), as some sort of enchatment or honour song for dragons!

Very well done and I hope to see something as lovely as this again!

Gonna go ahead and create my very first late night review, so let's get started. Judging by the poem and your profile picture, it seems like you have quite the interest in dragons, which is always nice. Overall I think that your writing is very nice, and I really enjoy the simplicity and length of it. Your choice of words also accurately describes the stereotypical concepts that pertain to dragons, which is something I thought I might note.