Hi, Prosperous Snow celebrating !

          Overall +/- :
My thoughts on the piece as a whole...

         Hello! I'm here to read your work as a fellow participant in "I Write." I am in love with your word choice in this poem! The title perfectly encapsulates your theme for the poem and your joyful faith.

          Rhythm & Flow:
Whether freeverse or tightly-structured formal poetry, flow is paramount.

         You chose an AABB rhyme scheme for this poem, and it flows well. There is no set meter or syllable count, but your words flow smoothly, and I enjoyed the images you created with them. Your pattern of capitalization and punctuation gave me pause a couple of times, but others may not have the same issues!

          Language & Word Choice:
Because poetry is one of the briefer art forms, every word matters.

         You use strong language to create a confident, worshipful tone. I especially love the rhyme of faith and wraith, and your descriptions in the first stanza. Your final line sums up your feelings, calls back to the first stanza, and serves as an effective conclusion. The words "wayfarer" and "path" in your title evoke the image of faith as a road, and that metaphor is consistent in the first stanza. It might unite the whole poem if the metaphor continued in the other stanzas, too.

          Things I liked :
Sometimes phrases or lines jump off the page.

dogma's dark wraith I adore this description! Beautiful!

          Suggestions:
Take them with a grain of salt.

And protect me from doubts fearsome wrath. — doubt's

Whose face had shown brighter than the sun, — shone (shown = past tense of show; shone = past tense of shine)

You start each line with a capital letter and end it with a comma regardless of whether they're grammatically necessary. While it sets a steady pace for the poem, it does become confusing in a few places where the commas could be removed or should be periods or semicolons.

          In Closing:
Any final thoughts...

         It has been my pleasure to read and enjoy your work. Thank you for sharing this poem, and...

Write On!



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