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Old 06-08-2014, 02:15 AM   #6
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King Ra.: I'm familiar with the story of Set and Osiris, which was an important backdrop for your verse. I'm actually kind of hoping that this is not some series you've been writing but rather a cleverl way to throw us into the middle of a story that you correctly could assume some voters knew enough about. The rhyming and writing here was very impressive, making this a very fluid and clear read when murkiness could have been your downfall. There wasn't much of a conclusion to the macro story, but the little speech was well-executed for this sliver with a "saga continues" framework that may or may not be real.

Zenland: I wish you had structured this with a bit more poetry in the motion. You instead went straight at the topic and barely bothered building a backdrop for the first three-quarters of your verse. Had you developed this idea of a man separated from his children by bitter divorce only to wind up getting cancer and having no idea how to tell them, you could have had a really great verse. But that seemed kind of tacked on, as though you weren't sure where else to go at that point in the verse. The writing was plain, but the rhymes were good. I think a more delicate touch could have turned this into a home run.

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