William Saint George
William Saint George
Feb 22, 2012

I Compare You

I compare you to a mirror’s edge.
you are cunning, as you are cutting.
You are longing to distort my image.
When rough is what is in you,
Ah! The pain I cannot long contain.
When you are smooth and beguiling,
Glistening in the moon light, my soul,
My soul shall take heed of your reflection
And fly from your deceptive presence.

I shall compare you to a still water’s edge;
Like a pale reflection of the night sky,
You do not show your depth and power.

I approached you , innocent as a victim.
I stumbled, and fell into you. I drowned.

About This Poem

Last Few Words: Written initially with archaisms, now translated into more normal speech. Roughly inspired by the Shakespeare Sonnet.

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
How was my language use?
How does this theme appeal to you?

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Ghana, GHA

Favorite Poets: William Shakespeare

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Comments

weirdelf

You dost not show your depth and power. [dost] it is incongruous.

The rest is the best of love poems. I normally hate them but you achieved this magnificently.

Nordic cloud

"You dost not show your depth and power......perhaps - you do not show....

You dost doesn't exist.

I approached you , innocent as a victim.
I stumbled, and fell. Into you I drowned." ....

I stumbled and fell into you. Drowned. If you like but the whole thing in one sentence, perhaps with a comma if you want to separate the drowned....
I stumbled and fell into you, drowned.

Ann.