Zdrast vwee tye, moĭ klient.
I admit that, while I do write (and read) poetry for its aesthetic value, I rarely critique it unless the underlying theme is evident or if it really touches me on a personal level. Quite frankly, it’s because I fail at picking apart the more intricate and subtle aspects of the poetic style, otherwise known as not being perceptive towards poetry. Regardless, I’ve decided to do a review of poetry anyway, to test how far I can actually go when it comes to poetry reviewing. Mind you, this may be the first poetry review I’ve done on PC (Maybe because I’m not sure if I’ve done one before), but done let that discourage you from reading the critique anyway.
Faceless Ballerina
The minute I read this, I was thinking Black Swan, but I haven’t seen it, so I can’t comment on the movie or how it may relate to the poem. What I can comment about it is how well the message is presented. I enjoyed the piece as I was looking through the eyes of the performer, and throughout, I was wondering if it may be considered an allegory for the human social condition or if I was reading too much into this critiquing business. In any case, I’ll be basing my review around that abstract and possibly extraneous perspective because I’m of the persuasion that artists tend to subtly insert references to the real world subconsciously, hence my interest in the realm of critiquing.
To begin with, I quite liked how the first two lines of the poem may be a reference to social constraints and how nicely you juxtapose this with the three lines on individuality. It’s really a shame that humans have to conform to these false social standards which repress creative thought, though without them I’d call the system anarchic at best. Again, this is what I meant by reading too much into that particular view, but I digress. The final two lines, confused me, to say the least, since I couldn’t relate how the audience would actually literally dance with the dancers, but, if I applied the aforementioned view, I’d see it as a reference to death in this allegorical work of yours. Subtle, didn’t really fit with the theme of actors on a stage, but effective nonetheless, so I commend you on that.
At any rate, that concludes my review. I might come back to do more reviews, but this will suffice for now because I’m not sure if I’m overdoing the poetry critique business. Tell me if I’m reading too much into it.
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