Thursday, November 27, 2008

The Final Rampart Comments

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The fortress of my mind is stout,
And yet I fear to stay.
For its strength I have come to doubt,
This could be its final day.
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Alexander Steen Stewart
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Deva De Silva 22 January 2009

I liked the metaphor used for mind as fortress... and liked the verses below for it evokes a picture in my mind of uncertainity and distress. 'But here again you rise, before my final rampart, To tear my mental fortress down. To tear my mind apart'. Having said that, I like colours, smells, feelings, names, and any other precious little details splattered in poetry that I fall in love with. The use of the simplest words in the language and being direct rather than being ambiguous I see as strength... none other.

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Alexander Steen Stewart

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Falkirk, Central Scotland
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