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John asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 4 years ago

Could somebody please critique this poem?

“Reflection”

Does he who dwells behind

the glass wherein I look

suspect what he will find

if he should wink? The kook

he sees must right then wink -

my other eye. Who'd think?

Supposing I then trace

with my right index finger

clockwise loops in space -

his southpaw circles linger

with counterclockwise grace,

quite complementary

and yet contrarian,

sincerest flattery

with artful varyin'

In portrait, to my left,

hangs she, beside our mirror,

by whom my heart was reft -

since then I've been joy's fearer.

Let mirrored me glance right, he

would more than likely see

some nymph whom he rebounded to

since losing not one week to rue,

leaning langorous on his wall -

his joy, his flame or fleeting all.

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  • Thomas
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    You set up the premise of your poem nicely, but

    when I hit the shorter middle stanza, my fears were

    made true.

    Very good work, I enjoyed. This was mostly iambic

    trimester, not an easy task, at least for me, as it's a

    'tweener' - not too short, not too long, but your cadence

    moved with a good beat. If you were shooting for all

    in sync, there are a few that were 8 syllable but no one

    said it had to be perfect, in fact, I think interspersing some

    mixed meter to convey what's in your heart is the sign of

    a good poet, and you filled the bill. Congrats. Thomas

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Its overbearing and makes little sense.

    Some lines try being fancy but fail.

    Here's one of a few .

    he sees must right then wink

  • 4 years ago

    The narrator`s inner reflections are made inseparable from the mirror`s tracings of them

    according to his moving before, and within it.From love to fleeting pleasure, then..Reflection. I find the twists and turnings conveyed to be reminiscent of all who...question, unceasingly, and this to be a fine fine poem.

  • Shazy
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    I really like it! Editing with more punctuation will make it flow better!

    Can she lean, "against" the wall, instead of, "on the wall", in the second last line?

    And I like an exclamation mark at the end of, "his fleeting all!" ...?

    Does he who dwells behind,

    the glass, wherein, I look,

    suspect what he will find,

    if he should happen to wink?

    The "Kook!", he sees,

    must by rights ...

    "Then wink my other eye!",

    Who'd think? ...

    Supposing .....

    (Paragraph makes it easy on the readers eyes)( Nice to see you, Tommy!)xxx

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    4 years ago

    No one criticizes this

  • 4 years ago

    Dumb

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