I would add the genre of "Tragedy" to this. It's well written, clean, no problems I came across. The imagery was vivid, the emotions much more. I felt my heart go out to this girl by the end of the story. This means you've captured your reader, great job.
Short and sweet. I love how it could be interpreted as both a supernatural occurrence and just a child's overactive imagination. Very vivid imagery and strong character. It pulls you in immediately.
This is my personal view of the piece. The suggestions below and purely that: suggestions.
Impression:
Beautiful metaphors. Wonderfully portrayed and eliciting a strong empathy from the reader. The imagery was clear in my mind, a fitting atmosphere to the theme.
Structure:
Poem.
One stanza.
Rhyme: a-b-c-b-c-d-c-d-a-e-e
Favourite(s):
"Death’s poetry contains no reason or rhyme.
Our legacy is words lost along our path
inscribed on our love as a last epitaph."
Favourite(s):
"folded and fractured, tilted and abraded, the geological
record of our ages,"
"Can this be true recall, a record of so long ago,
or is it merely reconstruction from the shreds of a family tale?"
"these footprints in the hardened mud
are whispers from the dawn of understanding,"
"Visions crowd in upon us as the ticking clock gains pace;"
"The snapshot stream becomes a flood, real events and photographs,
remembered scenes and dreams envisaged, kaleidoscope
of colour refracted in a million shards,"
This is my personal view of the piece. The suggestions below and purely that: suggestions.
Impression:
I loved your take on immortality and death in this piece. The way it is written carries much to the table to ponder on love and life. It is much deeper than a simple love story.
Favourite(s):
"until the sun touched the topmost trees"
"He paused and the lovers, the watcher, and even the forest breathed not while they waited."
Girth's speech about Death. A beautiful take on it.
The ending.
Suggestions:
"raven her hair shot through with umber threads" - her raven hair
"He paused and the lovers, the watcher,[comma] and even the forest breathed not while they waited."
Overall:
I loved reading this piece and I'm very glad you pointed it out to me. Carry on my friend, you have a beautiful pen.
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