 RuathaWehrling 2004-05-29 . chapter 1And another. Probably the last for the day. I should really get SOME work done, I suppose!
1.) "It's still hard to deal with the pain / You called my name and said. / "I still like you, It's just not the same," / ... " -- Grammar stuff: There should be a comma, not a period after 'said'. Also, 'It's' shuoldn't be capitalized.
2.) "That's when I get this sinking feeling," -- Why a comma at the end? Take a look at the ending punctuation of all your lines in this stanza.
3.) "I start to wonder how a when," -- Typo: 'and'.
4.) "Im drifting off to bed again." -- Typo: 'I'm'.5.) "I guess im just never going to bed." -- 'I'm' causing you troubles today?
Nice poem. I think I like this one better than the last. Especially the counting the bumps on the ceiling part. Also, it's much easier to read, because of the layout. I think the weakest part is probably the first stanza -- 'mad' and 'sad' are weak words, and you empasize them.
Also, you might want to go throw and pick a rhythm scheme. Pick the number of syllables per line, and stick to it through the entire song/poem. It's close, now, so you don't notice it while reading silently, but if you read it aloud, the inexactness jumps out at you. Just a suggestion -- I'm not much into free-rhythm if the poem already rhymes. It always feels only HALF structured, then, which is uncomfortable.
See ya!
Ruatha |