Recent content by shapokliyak

The sonnet is perfectly suited to modern ideas. It's a beautiful form. As such, there's no need to put in anachronisms and language that isn't part of modern vernacular. Words like "nay," "bane," "glee," and "twas" make you sound pretentious. They don't add to the meaning of the poem. Use...

Sound it out on your own. Is it: what will SUR-vive of US is love (anapest) what WILL sur-VIVE of US is LOVE (Iambic) or WHAT will SUR-vive OF us IS love (trochaic) ?

I always thought it meant "criticize/comment." However, after making some very valid and constructive criticisms of a poem posted here, I find that the author has taken offense at what I wrote. Does c/c perhaps mean "coddle and candycoat?" I mean, why post c/c if what you're really after is for...

Perhaps you should look up the definitions of alliteration, assonance, and onomatopoeia and learn what they are, then look through the poem to find examples of them. That way you'd learn something about poetry.

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