Hello TarynSloane ~ Writing
Review of "Once Upon A Time"
General Comments and Emotional Impact
A sad tale that happens to be the experience of many women who believe in fairy tale love and prince charming in his shining armor. Your poem talks about the sad tale that happens when a woman full of dreams and hopes that love is the answer. She has full belief in her love for that one man, assuring herself this is her true love, the only one, but when reality strikes as written in your poem, she is broken. Her dreams are shattered, she comes to realize that everything she ever knew and hoped for was a complete lie. In the end, she take courage to move ahead though her scars won't fade and the memories has changed her.
Form and Rhyme Scheme
There is rhyming pattern in some lines while the other lines do not rhyme. There is no particular form hence I consider this a free verse poem. I like your word choice, chosen words that bring out the exact meaning and feeling you are looking for. There is very good flow, the poem reads as a story and I found no places of break in the flow.
Title and description
The title fits the content very well and the description below is interesting. Every title that begins with "Once upon a time" leaves the readers hoping for a "Happily ever after", but I see how through this poem you bring out the reality in it.
Suggestions and mistakes
No mistakes in punctuation, spelling or grammar can be found.
My Favourite Lines
"But the heartbreak from a death of a dream
could last forever."
Painfully sad and true. Truly, we can bear and recover from any kind of heartbreak and situation, but once a dream or hope is crushed, there is no way we can go back to the way it was before.
Overall
A very good poem so I am giving it 5 stars.
Thank you for sharing your work. Keep writing!
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Princess Zelda