Comments : Striptease

  • 16 years ago

    by sibyllene

    I thought the first two lines of this poem were very crisp and interesting - the rhythm was right on, and the sound was interesting. Lots of assonance.

    I also liked this section:

    "When we were innocent long ago
    We had no sin or shame to cover..."

    The words are simple, but I liked how you pulled in this Biblical idea and used it to compare past to present, and shame to innocence.

    Your rhyming was precise, but I almost felt like this poem could benefit a bit by loosening up on the rhyming scheme a touch. Sometimes it felt like you would choose a word only because of its rhyming, when perhaps another thought would have made the poem stronger. All in all, though, I thought it was well done. It's good to see that you're writing so much!

  • 16 years ago

    by Lauren Waszkiewicz

    Tippers tip while strippers strip,
    allusive art etc.
    ^ Alliteration. =] Nice. i like it. Nice literary device you used throughout.
    i also like how you double rhymed the first line in the first stanza. It gave a great first impression.
    "bust" i /think/ shoudl be plural..
    "sole" should be soul.

    That's all the mistakes i can find.

    Overall, i liked it. Nice message, Funny, and sad in sorts, how true it is..

    xx:Lauren

  • 16 years ago

    by Krathia

    In "Mind how you spend your time", I would add another syllable somewhere, perhaps by replacing 'spend' with 'dispense', That way, the meter flows more nicely.

    Last stanza, second verse, I would delete the 'And', once more for the meter problem.

    Nicely done, I especially like the references to the Bible.

  • 16 years ago

    by Joshua Reimer

    Great poem 4.5/5 ryming was to closly knit (srry easiest way i can put it)