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My Hope Cannot Escape

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poetry, romance, fantasy, young adult
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Published on:

May 22, 9:23pm

Word Count:

189

Last Edited:

May 23, 2:06am

Work Description

probably the happiest piece i've written.

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Last night I had a dream, where we kissed one hundred times, 
I felt the kindness of the future, when I looked into your eyes, 
I vaguely saw a smile as you placed your hand in mine,
Hold my head up one more time, before we say goodbye,

Last night I was ecstatic when I fell in love again,
We laughed and talked for hours, slept together in the sand,
You put your arms around me, the veins throbbing in my hand,
I'm too shy to speak right now, in my world of pretend,

You pressed your lips against my cheek and said it was ok,
I've said it many times before, I want this love to stay,
Nothing in the depths of Hell, could take my smile away, 
I want to be with you so bad, lets go, we'll leave today,

Let's be one now, take my hand, we'll drift into the clouds, 
I don't know, how to explain, the treasure that i've found,
All the good things that you've done, my hope cannot escape, 
I love you so much, I pray to God, forever be my fate....

 

 

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Discussion

Opening Comments

Hello, Eli! I've read this new piece of yours and here's my two cents.

Themes

 I dig the theme you came up with about how a person feels when in love with that person.

Rhyme and Meter

 Now for the rhyme & meter:

Last night I had a dream, where we kissed one hundred times,

I felt the kindness of the future, when I looked into your eyes,

I vaugely saw a smile as you placed your hand in mine,

Hold my head up one more time, before we say goodbye,

 

This one and the lines after it flowed nicely except For "escape" and "fate".

Grammar and Spelling

 One more thing: you forgot to capitalize the I in "i've".

Closing Comments

 Well, that's it for me dude. I gotta say that was very well written despite one grammar-wise flaw.

Hope you come see what I have coming up soon. So keep it locked for me, aight! Holla!

Moods

The mood is captured effectively, its very romantic. I like it.

Imagery

There wasn't that much imagery, which isn't bad, but I think this poem could use some more imagery or some metaphors or something. Maybe just to add some more interest, but its not that it needs it. Its fine without them, but you could probably improve the poem if you added some. :]

Rhyme and Meter

I liked your metering, but there were sometimes when it seemed off.

You put your arms around me, the veins throbbing in my hand,

I'm too shy to speak right now, in my world of pretend,

Pretend didn't seem to rhyme to me, or the beat seemed off.

Nothing in the depths of Hell, could take my smile away, 
I want to be with you so bad, lets go, we'll leave today,.

There's a coma and a period, I just want to point out, but also the "lets go," kind of makes it .. not fit. I don't know how to explain it, it just seems off, or maybe that you ran out of rhymes and was forcing it. Otherwise, I really like the metering and the rhyming.

Diction

The vocabulary is simple, but I like it. It sends a very clear message, and further sets the mood. :]

Grammar and Spelling

Your grammar seemed great, I noticed the "i've" in "the treasure that i've found," should be capitalized.

But I also have an idea. You used a lot of comas. And I mean a LOT of comas. I get that this is the spacing, its to make it work better, but what if you hit return instead? like:

Last night I had a dream,

Where we kissed one hundred times, 
I felt the kindness of the future,

When I looked into your eyes, 
I vaguely saw a smile as you placed your hand in mine,
Hold my head up one more time, before we say goodbye,

It would mess up the a-a-b-b thing you have here, but its just a suggestion. That was it wont seem as rushed, and might get rid of some comas.

[The coma in the last sentence worked, I think, because "before we say goodbye" wasn't good in a new line. So it works there, just in case you were wondering.]

Closing Comments

This is very well written, I like the intensity of your love. :]

I also really liked the line where you lie in the sand together. Thats sort of unconventional, but I like it. :]

Maybe consider my suggestions? Good job. :]

 I really enjoyed this. I liked the rhythm; it sounded almost lyrical.

A few suggestions:

I want to be with you so bad, lets go, we'll leave today,

First, "lets" needs an apostrophe. Also, the rhythm seems off. The two stanzas and three lines before this one either have a comma or are just designed to be split into two phrases. The two comma / three phrase structure of this line seems a little off. It kind of breaks the excellent flow you had going. Lastly, the word "bad" seems really out of place. For one, grammatically, it should be "badly." Using the adjective instead of the adverb makes it sound.. I don't know. Immature, maybe? Just a thought.

Let's be one now, take my hand, we'll drift into the clouds, 
I don't know, how to explain, the treasure that i've found,
All the good things that you've done, my hope cannot escape, 
I love you so much, I pray to God, forever be my fate....

I like the meaning of this stanza. It does a good job to round off the plot / movement of the piece. The rhythm of the last two lines is off again, though. The first two lines switch to the two comma / three phase idea, which works well because they're both like that. The second pair doesn't match though. Do you see what I mean?

Overall, I really enjoyed reading this. Except for the two hangups, the rhythm flowed well without being too sing-songy.

Hope this helps,

-dnm

You have been warned, this is my first critique.

 

But none-the-less, this is a brilliant piece. One of the better that I've read so far. It casts great imagery, and I had a vivid idea of what was going on. 

 

The language you used helped me to understand what you were trying to convey, and that made me happier than if I read a just descriptive text.

 

Good going to you, and keep writing these great pieces!

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