Shilpa! Hey, Alf here for a review. Since you're my buena mano for today, I'll stick the Quick Critique on the piece, Let There Be No Miracle!
STYLE:
I usually take in CONCEPT & THEME first, but I think STYLE needs to be here frist. Know why? Because I believe the the way you disarranged your words and phrases scattered all throughout the verses is simply remarkable. This only shows that classic verses penning still rocks! I can give a perfect score here, but the alternating style between modern lyrical to narrative interchanges a lot. You need to stick up to one style, see? To build up more scent on your piece.
CONCEPT & THEME :
Well, this poem brought me to many loci. First I was between a romantic tragedy, but I was taken to a place of horror, phantoms and things aghast! But there was mainly the shudder of fear, the treatise of longing. I gladly appreciate that. You tried to disguise common ideas by each other, which was very creative. The downside, though, is that you forgot building a more concrete idea that might cover up the whole poem itself.
COHERENCE:
Okay, so most of your stanzas work for the overall greatness of the poem, but some of them doesn't work with each other. Let's see them.
Insouciant wind cradled with warmth,
All those times, I was left aghast.
Cold nights seldom offered their empathy,
For all those sleepless nights drenched in bleak.
Hanging on a tenuous hope, I shudder at the sight below,
Comes an outcry from the far off land, which wakes me
from the spellbind.
All of the verses here made the stanza dangle. You're first telling of the warm wind, then move on to an inkling of memory? I don't think so. See, it's a bit cluttered, the stanza didn't create a single foundation. There are some more things to comment, but I think they might be better off with the GRAMMAR & TECHNICALITIES section. Which's next.
GRAMMAR & TECHNICALITIES:
Continuing off, now as part of GRAMMAR & TECHNICALITIES, the third last verses of the stanza I've mentioned above is really not great. For me, the flow stopped there, as you shuddered, but a cry blasted in making me feel a lot bothered, not shocked. The stanzas good, but there are just parts which are misleading. Try to rework on that
Another one on using 'memoirs' on the first stanza. I think it's very solid, and I believe it's best to have something that will show fading instead of reality. Next, on this one.
Let there be no miracle, was the only prayer
For, I want to bathe in despair and
relish it for some more.
You might call me a grammar Nazi..well, I am ONE, but not on my own's, but on others. Please forgive me so! The 'let there be no miracle' will not work on that line unless you lift it as a title since the usage of the verb 'was' pushes it to become one big phrase, not a cry or something else. Also, there is no need for a comma by for and I.
WORDPLAY:
Seems to be another crowning glory I think the use of many words here is very effective (mostly). You see, many people use uncommon words on their works, but not succeed in any way. Many of the words and phrases were chosen well. Let me list them for ya.
capricious
wedded (lovely usage!)
adamance or allegiance
Unfathomable
Vehemently
There are few words though that didn't work as much of those mentioned like Insouciant (since there are no reasons for its use) and spellbind (for cutting the stanza weakly). Remember to rework!
OVERALL:
One of the best, it seems, but there are still spaces for improvement, nonetheless. It's written beautifully, my dear, and I hope to see more of your works!
Good luck writing!
Your Quick Critique,
Alf
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