Alright, this is the first assignment I wrote for my Poetic Forms class. It's based off of the Old English accentual poems, meaning they have 4 stressed syllables per line, but they can have as many unstressed as is necessary.
I'd really like critique on this seeing as how I need to turn it in tomorrow and I'm unsure about it. Some of the lines seem like some things might seem like they should be stressed when I didn't intend for them to be, so I wanted some opinions on that.
So, just let me know what you think. Thanks. :D
The Hidden
I am the shadow shifting through your sullen thoughts;
Follow fearlessly this shamed, forgotten soul.
Was it just a whisper washing over you that moved
Music to melt into your melancholy mind?
I am the fog fearlessly infecting you forever—
You’re listlessly lost within me, looking for a lighthouse.
Can’t come across one, can you, dear?
Still out there searching, searching for—something.
I am a sordid sigh, stolen from someone’s lips.
I am not just a nugatory name—I am you.


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Still out there searching, searching for—something.
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I am not sure about these two lines. I could be very wrong, as I just used Wickepedia to refresh my memory of stressed syllables. The s's in the second line, here, may not be stressed enough. In the first line I pulled although the stress seems OK, the line is very short.
I personally love this poem and think it is fabulous!
Rene: Thanks. :D
Thanks for sharing!
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I agree with Solskin, LOL!