The judge says sonnet
So sonnet it is for this competition.
I liked its simplicity. I think more detail would mess up the effect. I did find a few lines clunky:
"as angry then,/as angry now" works better as "as angry then/as he his now" and would give the poem a little room to breathe.
"Happened," putting the "then" rhyme on the falling portion of the word, doesn't work for me.
"Thus, much Unjust/still leaves Nonplussed" would work better as "Much still Unjust/leave him Nonplussed," using the non-North American sense of "nonplussed" I suppose.
"to Live, Somehow" That comma isn't necessary.
As for the capitals, weird and old-fashioned, but I like them.
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