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My Poem About Lucario! Please Read!

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    Plzz Do NOT Steal This!

    Oh Lucario
    Oh Lucario
    You Glissen In the Night!
    Like Diamonds!
    Like Diamonds!
    Twinkling So Bright!

    Oh Lucario!
    Oh Lucario!
    Your Face Is A Lovely Sight!
    Your Good Looks and Power!
    Make You always Win a Fight!

    Oh Lucario!
    Oh Lucario!
    Oh Lucario!
     

    TJgamer

    A Pokémon Poet
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    I understand that you have a strong liking for Lucario.
    I think he's pretty cool too.

    Now the poem. I think the rhyming is nice, but I found "Oh Lucario" a bit too repetitive.
    In short, I liked it, but it could use a little more effort.
    Keep it up!
     

    JX Valentine

    Your aquatic overlord
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    ...I'm not sure how I feel about this after that last post and rereading this poem. I mean, at first, I didn't think it made all that much sense that a Lucario (which has fur) would glisten like diamonds, but now that you've mentioned that you have more than a strong liking for the Pokémon, my mind immediately went to the gutter. I'm not sure if you meant that, but.

    Beyond that, there's a few distractions here. For one, don't capitalize the first letter of every word. It's really not necessary. On a grammatical level, you only capitalize the first word of a sentence (or line or important word, if you choose in a poem), and on a poetic level, there doesn't seem to be any need to emphasize every single word (which capitalization tends to do).

    For another grammatical note, glisten. Yes, it's unusual, but as a poet, it's always a good idea to spell check and proofread. Write your poetry in a word processor (like Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, etc.) before posting to make sure your work is free of spelling errors. This really is more important in poetry than in normal stories because a poet is an artist: not a single letter, character, what-have-you in a poem should be out of place. Everything has a meaning, and if you misspell a word or misplace a punctuation mark, you're implying that there's some kind of meaning behind it that's not obvious.

    As for the poem itself, if we dig my mind out of the gutter and take it for face value, it's okay. The beat is nice, and everything flows from one line to the next. I have to admit I like the rhyming scheme (for once). The entire first stanza almost had a musical quality to it.

    But beyond that, it almost feels like you're putting words on paper to force the poem to rhyme. For example, if we don't consider dirty connotations, a Lucario glistening like diamonds doesn't quite make sense because, well, Lucario don't glisten. Likewise, maybe its power helps it win a battle (although that's questionable once something with a good Flamethrower comes along), but how do its good looks do the same thing? Point is, don't sacrifice meaning for the sake of getting a poem to rhyme.

    Beyond that, it's not bad for a start. Just needs a bit of polishing, really.
     
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    Hey JX Valentine, I Don't Know Why But I Always Type With a Capital Letter On The First Letter Of Every Word....(Don't Ask Why I haven't Got A Clue) I Don't Do It Intentionally. :(
     

    Dragonite Ernston

    I rival Lance's.
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    Hey JX Valentine, I Don't Know Why But I Always Type With a Capital Letter On The First Letter Of Every Word....(Don't Ask Why I haven't Got A Clue) I Don't Do It Intentionally. :(

    Hmm... well, try training yourself to not do it like that. Even leave the Pokémon names in lowercase if you have to, like this: "The lucario shot an aura sphere at the pidgey." But practise.
     

    JX Valentine

    Your aquatic overlord
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    Hey JX Valentine, I Don't Know Why But I Always Type With a Capital Letter On The First Letter Of Every Word....(Don't Ask Why I haven't Got A Clue) I Don't Do It Intentionally. :(

    Going to have to agree with Dragonite on this one. Posting in this writing community is ultimately a learning experience: you and everyone else here aren't expert writers. Reviewers like me are here to help you out and give you advice in order to help you get better. We completely understand that you might not be an expert at this yet, so when we offer up advice, it's usually our way of attempting to teach you what you need to focus on so you can figure things out from there. Likewise, because this is a place for you to learn, it's a good practice to push yourself to improve, even if it means putting a lot more effort into your work than you've already put into it.

    To be more specific, I completely understand that you don't mean to do that intentionally. Now that you're aware of that, though, you'll want to work on your writing and force yourself to follow the usual conventions (i.e., avoid capitalizing every word). Do it in your normal posts, too, so you can start training yourself. Reminding yourself of sticking to capitalization rules (or anything else, for that matter) as frequently as every time you make a post will help you get it carved into your brain that you shouldn't capitalize every word in a poem, either.
     

    Scytheteen

    What is mine is yours
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    Damn you Jax Malcolm stealing all that I was going to say >:0

    But in all seriousness, I have a few more things to add. For instance, the thread title. I know you're new, so I'm going to go easy on you, but don't do what you did. It's just a pet peeve to me when people beg for peers to read their poetry. Try naming you're thread the name of your poem, or a thread dedicated to you're poetry, it's much more pleasing to the eye. And just a side note, you don't need to write DON'T STEAL in all caps before you're poetry, there's a strict plagiarism policy, so you don't have to worry about that.
     
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