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Title: :.Bella's Lullaby.:
Description: A Twilight Poem I wrote for a class...


kiraragal95 - May 13, 2008 12:08 AM (GMT)
Bella's Lullaby

Within the disoriented night
the lullaby so softly chimed.
Edward Cullen's memory chained my mind;
as a velvet voice, so soft and so lovely, I refused to leave.
His glittering, sun-bathed pale skin,
always cold but beautiful, never seemed to make me fear.

My mind echoed onto the music of my lullaby.
The vampire never made the nightmare a reality,
the time I lived in Forks had been a gift.

I never understood which he longed,
my blood or my heart,
though the Volturi decided my death would be right.

“It will be as if I'd never existed...”
His voice made me no better off.
The beauty of his uncaring protection-
his stress for me to stay safe even in the meadow.

The last time he had kissed me goodbye,
promising to never meet me again.

My lullaby began to fade along with his voice,
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...”

-Kay A. Young


Twilight © Stephenie Meyer
Poetry © Kay A. Young (Me)

kikyophobia - May 13, 2008 01:01 AM (GMT)
I find it hard to enjoy this because I never could bring myself to actually get into Twilight; however, I will do my best to critique this.

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Within the disoriented night Nice opening line.
the lullaby so softly chimed. A little cliche.
Edward Cullen's memory chained my mind;
as a velvet voice, so soft and so lovely, I refused to leave. "Soft" sounds out of place because of it's position two lines above.
His glittering, sun-bathed pale skin, The comma is wrong here. It should be between "sun-bathed" and "pale."
always cold but beautiful, never seemed to make me fear. This line really is in a rhythm of its own and doesn't fit. Also, it lacks the beauty of the previous lines.

My mind echoed onto the music of my lullaby. What's with "onto"? The doesn't really fit. It broke the line for me.
The vampire never made the nightmare a reality, Ah! Very cliche. Try and steer clear of the "nightmare" to "reality" remark. There are better ways to say it.
the time I lived in Forks had been a gift. Another cliche line because of the word "gift."

I never understood which he longed, Do you mean that which he longed?
my blood or my heart,
though the Volturi decided my death would be right.

“It will be as if I'd never existed...”
His voice made me no better off.
The beauty of his uncaring protection-
his stress for me to stay safe even in the meadow. I think a comma after "safe" is needed. Also, the word "stress" doesn't seem to fit the piece at all. It stands out.

The last time he had kissed me goodbye, Take out "had." It breaks rhythm and makes the line sound awkward.
promising to never meet me again.

My lullaby began to fade along with his voice, Maybe you should take out "along" here. I think that would sound much nicer.
“And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...”


All in all, it was a pretty good piece. Nothing earth-shattering, but it could be very good with some work. Just work on your rhythm and your wording. Also, pay careful attention to punctuation. It can make all the difference in a poem, especially concerning the rhythm. Nice work. Keep practicing.

Yours constructively,

Kikyophobia

kiraragal95 - May 13, 2008 01:07 AM (GMT)
^^ Thank you.

I'll work on that.




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