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Let me just give props first for your rhyming; beyond reproach.
When the rhyming switched in the 3rd stanza, it took me a minute to see what you were doing. *applause*
Also, in the third stanza (this may be a play on words, but I didn't really like it), "Your presence every moment was a present". It sounds... redundant. As well, "A gift to you, my love I give to you". Those put together make for a weak stanza.
The question and answer format (What is the difference? That is the difference) I found a strong point in your poem that made it unique.
-J.A.

The first thing I noticed was that I almost missed the "Dear Emille" because of its place on the page. This was a little distracting. You don't need to place it right above the poem - I like how it looks as if it was a real letter - but maybe it could be closer? I believe "confounded" should be "confined," however. That was also a little distracting.

One thing I definately liked was the rhyme scheme. After all the free verse poems I've been reading (and writing), it was like a breath of fresh air, metaphorically, and my favorite rhyme was "together" with "heather," which would have never occured to me.

Probably my favorite aspect of the poem was the seperated second and final stanzas. That really helped make them stand out and have more emotion attatched to them. I would just say that maybe there should be a period after "that is the difference," but that's the grammer-fanatic side of me speaking. It's probably fine as it is.

Overall, I thought the poem conveyed its message clearly and it was well-written.

Wow. I thought this was absolutely amazing! Great job on the rhyming! It really worked well with the poem. I also loved your word choices--very descriptive! You can really feel the emotions in this poem. :)

I really loved this poem. It is meaningful, deep, lonely...
I could really only find one correction for you to make: in the third stanza, "The winding road we took we took together", there should be a comma in between the two "we took"s.
I think my favorite thing about this poem is how it's contradictory - she speaks of how having Emille with her was the same as when he was gone: "I longed for you while you were there with me."
Gorgeous piece. Keep it up!
~Music

I love this. What else can I say. I write poetry but this puts it into a deeper meaning than anything of mine. (All mine are criticizing something or someone, mainly the government.)

Never once have I thought of a poem of a relationship, so I want to see how far this bounds.