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Q&A Does my poem convey the character of the (fictional) author well?

You're getting there. Push it farther. I think your first and last stanzas/poems have the right idea. Be rougher. Be angrier. Don't worry about grammar. Show more images, and have them more raw: fi...

posted 11y ago by Lauren Ipsum‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-13T12:00:18Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/8779
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:03:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/8779
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:03:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
You're getting there. Push it farther. I think your first and last stanzas/poems have the right idea. Be rougher. Be angrier. Don't worry about grammar. Show more images, and have them more raw: fire consuming, water draining, a tornado blowing things away, an sinkhole devouring buildings, lava flowing over a city.

These stanzas are a little too hand-holding, if anything. She's not desperate or frustrated _enough_.

EDIT: Remove four, five, and six. Too mushy. The new ones are definite improvements.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-09-03T12:26:06Z (about 11 years ago)
Original score: 2