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Reply Thu 16 Jul, 2009 08:20 am
Please comment on the poem:

Ode To The Movie "Red Cliff"

Twilight & moonlight grind no more,
Wave after wave wash toward shore.

Listen to the Gong Jin admiral roars,
With iron horses and golden swords.

When knights proved their bright.
Triple Kingdoms started to fight.

Blowing monsoon was fanning infernal.
Burning battleships sank into channels.

Often tragedy survive hence revive,
Often flowers open to improvise.

Dress up and walk the floor,
Stunning Bridge bride we adore!

When spouses sing comforting folklore,
Our millennium legend will restore.

Neither sunset nor farms,
Could conceal her charms.

Many a tear come and dry,
Many a tide rise and die.

When their ambition rose,
Spring will treasure most.

Sky go high, rivers grow wide
When lovers' romance expire.

We sadly await our time to die
But not until our watery guest arrive .

Graying hair already shines,
But where to get their replies?

Then music will temporary relay
On fruitless ambitions to go haywire.




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panzade
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jul, 2009 09:14 am
@oristarA,
ori, I have watched your comfort level grow with English usage. This poem is a big step for you.

Since I am not well versed in poetry I'll let some others comment
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fresco
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jul, 2009 10:39 am
@oristarA,
The content is fine with some good word pictures, but the structure is poor.

You start with 9 rhyming couplets but some don't "scan" (i.e. they break rhythm).
E.g
Quote:
When knights proved their bright.
Triple Kingdoms started to fight.


would scan if you wrote...e.g...

When knights set out to prove their bright
Kingdoms three began to fight.

After these 9 couplets your rhyming scheme completely falls apart. If I had trouble rhyming I would go for a quadruplet structure throughout with alternate rhyming lines which would half your task.

e.g.Perhaps for the first qudruplet....

Twilight & moonlight cease their grind,
Wave after wave wash toward shore.
With iron horses and golden swords,
Listen to the Gong Jin admiral roar.

I hope you find these comments constructive and I look forward to a possible re-draft.







panzade
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jul, 2009 10:45 am
@fresco,
see oristar?...that's what I'M talking about
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Letty
 
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Reply Thu 16 Jul, 2009 10:45 am
@oristarA,
oristar, I found the trailer Red Cliff so that I could get a "feel" for your poem.

First, I love the couplets, and most of them create imagery.

I would rework the last four stanzas, however, as the rhyme scheme needs work.

The time of The Chinese Dynasty is fascinating, so I sincerely hope you will keep working on your poetry potential.

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oristarA
 
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Reply Fri 17 Jul, 2009 04:12 am
Thank you fresco.

And thank all of you. Smile
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