Comments : Silent Screams

  • 18 years ago

    by ShaunaMarie

    LOL, This doesnt sound like you, but I LOVE IT!!! it's a great poem, but the rythm could use a smidgeon of work. love yaz bye bye

  • 18 years ago

    by CuteCleaver14

    Hey this deffantely doesn't sound like you at all. But I hope that you write more like this becuase I like it. Well see ya in next class... or when ever.

    Are you sure you're not depressed???? LOL J/K

  • 18 years ago

    by Meggie33

    I'm sure... it just felt right! but thanks for being concerned, I would have been sure to inform you of the fact that im not depressed if I had known you were going to read it, but o well!

    **meggie**

  • 18 years ago

    by Natalie

    Twisted truths, and untold emotions,
    Forbidden words, and waterless oceans.
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    Awesome. I loved those lines. ^^^^
    They were good. Awesome job though over all. I loved it. Keep it up! 5/5

    `taleee xx

  • 18 years ago

    by Darien

    I thought the ending was a bit weak.
    The rhymes were good though. I like the oxymoron of 'silent screams', has a really eerie tone to it. The first stanza was the best, I really like that one. Good imagination. Just fix that ending :P

  • 18 years ago

    by Jessica

    Wow.. very good! i so knoww i am going to lose that contest now! lol.. this was excellent! very heartfelt, had a good flow, and nice descriptions! what more can people ask for? hehe.. nice job! keep up the wonderful work!

  • 18 years ago

    by J Lau

    "Silent screams, heard throughout the night,
    Dreams now shaddered, and darkened light."

    These two lines appealed to me the most. Love the imagery. Good write. 5/5

  • 18 years ago

    by Sean Allen

    -"Silver tears, falling liked blackened mist,"
    'liked' should just be 'like', a simple mistake that you probably just missed on the proofreading... although I don't know how everyone else who commented missed it... is anyone else actually reading the poem?

    -"Such and imperfect world, yet nothing to lack."
    I think that instead of 'and' you meant 'an'

    Most of this poem is composed of lengthy lines that are rhymed couplets. If you're using rhymed couplets, then I'd agree that lengthy lines is the way to go. However, I'd suggest trying to make the syllable count per line more uniform. I don't suppose there is a problem if the two lines of the couple are around the same syllable count (like 1 off from the other), but in the second couplet, the syllable count is 6 and 9, respectively. That makes a slightly awkward rhythm, which I feel detracts from the poem.

    Concerning the ending, I think that breaking your pattern was a good idea, but I don't think you did it effectively enough for it to be as strong as the rest of your poem. Maybe instead of using a sort of rhymed couplet with a rhymed internal triplet you could make a quatrain with an ABAB rhyme, and that would be different enough from the rest of your poem that it'd be set apart from the rest.

  • 18 years ago

    by FrozenTearsBleed

    WOO HOO Good Job!

  • 18 years ago

    by FrozenTearsBleed

    After reading your poem, again, i really liked it. i think some dudes trying to give you just a lil advice.. (Sean Allen) lol keep it up, you should write things like this more often. never really saw this side of you before but it was a good poem, I can relate. keep "trying" =) jk