Fall Apart

by halogirl4197

Published May 27, 2011

Fall Apart

To keep together
I do not cry
Tears are my glue
And I must stay dry
And I’m a doll
Ragged and old
Struggling through
My dark secrets untold
For my lips are sealed
Stitched with tears
For if a cut is made
My stuffing is sheared
And I fall apart
I do not trust my heart
I do not trust my soul
For I am a doll
Ragged and old

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MissRockers
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MissRockers wrote a review Review · Jun 9, 2011

My favorite part was this:

halogirl4197 wrote:To keep together
I do not cry
Tears are my glue
And I must stay dry


Now onto the nit picks:
halogirl4197 wrote:And I must stay dry
And I’m a doll

Two "ands" there.... it's definitely not the best.

There wasn't really a flow, I'm not sure how to fix that, and also, your word choice isn't the best. I think you could really think about it, and find some more complex and detailed words to describe everything! :)
Maybe more time thinking about this poem would be better, and benefit it greatly.

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dragonlover92
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dragonlover92 commented Comment · Jun 8, 2011

This is good but the one thing that i did get stuck on while reading was the 'And' on the 5th line. It might read more smoothly if you take the 'And' out and just say 'I am a doll'. But it is very good still!

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Kuyoko commented Comment · May 28, 2011

Awww! I like this poem! :D It was really good. As far as I can tell, the people before me seemed to have gotten everything that I've noticed.

HorsebackWriter wrote a review Review · May 27, 2011

It's time for you to click the edit button and work on this.

As far as typos go, none. A+

As far as you rhymes go, they're soso. I know you can do better. C-

As far as your wording goes, it's very poor and little thought out. D

Overall, I liked it, but some of your sentances clashed, and like you said your rhyming is not all that great. I have a feeling that you can do better than this, so as soon as you finish reading this go click on the edit button and work on it some more! Overall, C+

I apologize if I seem harsh, but I consider it my job as a reviewer.

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silentwords
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silentwords wrote a review Review · May 27, 2011

I thought that the ryhmning here was actually not that bad! You did manage to find good rhyming words (:
I did find that the flow wasn't perfect though in some parts. It wasn't that bad, but could be fixed up a little bit. I liked the images and metaphors you used in here. They were very nice and added a lot to the poem!
Two little ryhming problems I just found were:

My dark secrets untold
For my lips are sealed
Stitched together
By my salty tears
For if a cut is made
My stuffing is sheared
The other lines you had an ABCD pattern (rhyming B and D) but here I think you added in two extra lines. It throws off the poem.

And I fall apart
I do not trust my heart
I do not trust my soul
For I am a doll
Ragged and old
Here again you have five lines instead of four. Perhaps I am reading this wrong, and if so I apologize (a)
Otherwise, you have to stick with your ABCD pattern. I also thought the the ending sounded kind of forced and the flow was a bit off. However, I really like how you ended it. It wrapped up the poem beautifully. If you fix the rhymning pattern and the wording a bit I think this poem could be really great! Keep up the awesome work :D

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mollycarraway
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mollycarraway wrote a review Review · May 27, 2011

Hi there! I'm kinda excited to be the first to read and reply to this poem. I braced myself, of course, when you warned readers that you weren't very good with rhyming poems. But I thought this was actually quite nice! Don't underestimate yourself, my dear!
One thing I did want to point out is that your first 4 lines.... didn't quite make sense to me. I mean, the wording was nice, but here's where I was lost: If tears were the narrators glue, then how does she stay together if she doesn't cry? I don't know if I'm just being nitpicky, or if you intended to word it that way, but that's the one part where I was a little confused. Overall, though, I was highly pleased by this poem. Keep up the good work!!!



The day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein