[286] On A Sunday Morning

This is my first critique so here goes nothing. Stanza 1 -I was pretty confused during my first reading about this line.

Wake up, get ready–If you’re not downstairs and out the house in >five minutes then What? Let me sleep. I feel like it was the quick switch from his words to her words that confused me.If you changed it to, "Then What?" then the repetition will signify a character switch and show a slight defiance towards the other character(which I think is what you're going for). -To me the line, the lights from a car track across my ceiling Doesn't flow well with the previous sentence.You could add an And in front of it like in the google doc, or you could join the two thoughts together. Stanza 2 -Really enjoy your use of extended metaphor it helps bring out the conflict. -It uses common experiences in its metaphor to make it repeatable, and gets what it wants to say out with little cliche making it my favorite stanza of the poem. Stanza 3 -This is where it started to go a bit downhill for me.Mostly I'm confused by this line. I asked the back of your head for advice. Why did you put it there?I guessed it was because the back of your head feels the wind but doesn't hear it sing. -Also I feel that here more than other areas in the poem is where it moves without finishing maybe if he (the back of my head) replies in some form it would feel less disconnected with the other stanza. Stanza 4 -For the lines, Because I do see truly hear truly But the truth lies. You could either remove hear truly or go for a slower approach like, Because I do see and hear truly "But the truth lies" So "truly" isn't redundant Stanza 5 I like the faces in the popcorn ceiling metaphor because it gives me some nostalgia(Kind of makes me sound older I'm only 14). In the end I got a feeling of a childhood lost and an imagination gone. Pluses:Easy to empathize with,use of metaphor(mostly),clear person vs. self (arguably world) conflict Minuses:Tons of movement between stanzas making it feel like the one before was unfinished,some general confusion(I'm not the poet type),and a few weird statements. Thank you for letting me critique!

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