This is a really nice poem. It allows the reader to picture the location of Pensacola very well with a lot of great descriptive phrases. I feel like the reader is given a great impression of what the city is like as well as a little bit of insight into the narrator who is writing this. A lot of the stanzas are very well written out offering a glimpse the the locations being described.

I knew nothing about Pensacola going into poem but after reading this I know more about the city and get the sense it is a coastal city. This poem really stimulated our senses giving the sights and sounds of the city. I could easily picture the roads there and I love the verbal depiction of the docks discussed. I felt like I was in a fish market itself in the second Stanza. The third stanza has some great uses of colors contrasting the blue bays, with the nets glinting in the sunset. There are some great contrasting images in this poem (i.e winter with summer, hills and dunes, grey haired ladies with children).

On a technical level this poem is nicely setup. I am unsure if this poem is written in a particular style or if it is just a freeverse poem. From reading it, it feels like there is a format to it. There are some light and approximate rhymes used (pains - lane, parts - carts, death - breath etc) which add beats for the reader to enjoy. There are also some really good uses of alliterations in this (i.e. fresh fish, Shipwrecked and soiled etc) that added some spice to the poetry.

I really enjoyed reading this poem a lot. Thank you very much for writing and sharing it.


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