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Reviews For: Great Expectations
Ryu 2008-08-07 . chapter 1
This poem was very meaningful. Although, I'm not much of a deep thinker, it's inspirational and allows the reader to connect their life to the words of this poem.
Squall 2008-08-06 . chapter 1
I rather like this poem. It's a deep and accurate poetic representation of the complete helplessness that regret and loss can bring. Your successful use of anaphora helps to give the poem a good, solid-structured sound while adding emphasis simultaneously. The only things I see that could really be fixed are simple things only a grammar nerd such as myself would notice or care about. In the third line from the end, "whatsoever" is wordy, it disrupts the overall flow, and it just seems a little unnecessary. Also, the phrases "I hold only dreams" and "I hold only hope," conflict with the present tense used in the phrases "I hold dreams no longer" and "I hope no more." To fix this you could simply change the first two phrases to say "I once held," as this would better show contrast between an optimistic and naive past and the dark, harsh reality of the present. This would also fix the conflict of "these hands" holding only one thing three times, as it would change it so that the only thing "these hands" now hold are regret, which better fits in with the theme of the poem. Overall, I think this poem is well-written and expresses its message with a perfect tone, so I applaud you.
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