 Mettie 2005-04-08 . chapter 1There should be a period after 'dream' in the second line, after 'self' in the fourth line, after 'most' in the sixth line, 'oneself' in the seventh, and 'scream' in the eighth line of the first stanza. Also, "We learn to prove oneself" makes no sense to me. It's a disagreement in number and person. It could either be "We learn to prove ourselves." or "One learns to prove oneself," but, as it is, it's really rather nonsensical. There also ought to be a period after 'being' in the fourth line, 'devise' of the fifth line, after 'creation' of the sixth line, and there ought to be a colon after 'agreeing' in the seventh line of the second stanza. There ought to be a period after 'decided' in the second line of the third stanza, after 'want' in the fourth, and a semicolon after 'differences' in the eighth line before another period after 'chided' in the third stanza. "In another world you want to escape" would make much more sense if you said "Into into another world you want to escape" because then it would be clear that the person in question wants to leave the current world, not were they in another, they would want to escape. There also needs to be a period after 'escape' no matter how you format the sentence. Also after 'jail' in the fourth line of the fourth stanza, as well as after 'curled' and 'scrape' in the fifth and eighth lines respectively. There ought to be a comma after 'twist,' 'turn,' and 'attempt' in the first, second, and third lines of the fifth stanza as well as a period after 'accept' in the fourth line as well as after 'contempt,' 'inept,' and 'learn' in the sixth, seventh, and eighth lines of the fifth stanza. The sixth stanza needs the same punctuation as the first and I'm honestly exhausted from this review as it is. You really need to put in punctuation so the reader isn't distracted by the emptiness and so it is clear where one thought ends and another begins. I've tried not to complain 'til now, but this poem in particular truly needs it. ~*Mettie*~ |