MEHope--
Huh!?
Maggie, I believe, was criticizing the content and metaphors, not the form.
A poem about panning for gold can be done well or badly, in formal verse or free, and given the incredible number of words which rhyme with gold, I think the ironing complaint is pretty silly. Especially since you can put any word you like in the middle of a line and not rhyme on it too.
This is a well done poem that plays against the standard symbolism of autumn, and I like it in particular for that.
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