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Old 01-10-2006, 11:06 PM   #7 (permalink)
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She listens and doesnt say a word
She speaks and hardly listens
She wanders around aimlessly
She is meant to have a purpose
She locks her secrets deep inside
She is as open as a book
She wants to scream, but just crys
She gets all the attention twenty-four seven

==Through using two contradictory statements in couplets - you are highlighting the confusion in the protagonist in your story. While this is uncommon, it is effective. (See bottom for why this is correct.)

She looks in the mirror and sees two
When she looks in the mirror, she sees two too

==Like someone said, using the homonym of two and too probably is detrimental to your poem. If you change up the words a little bit... it will turn these 2 lines into a pretty sweet image. One girl looking into the mirror and seeing two, and then the other girls she sees also sees two... pretty cool image ==

They listen but hardly hear a thing
They speak yet they dont say a word
They aimlessly wander about
They have no purpose, its just a front
They lock themselves up inside
They are willing to let anyone in if they actually tried
They scream when no ones near
They seek attention thats never there

==Once again see bottom for the contradiction thing. I really like where this is going. While the beginning of the lines are continuously the same, it takes out all of the filler words that would have us read through the poem before we got to that which is the main focus.==

She looks in the mirror and sees two
And wonders if they world sees two too

Great ending potential, but like I agreed with earlier, you just have to change that "two too" line

Ok, now, about the contradictory lines in which people are giving you shit about. This is not incorrect. I'll tell you why! This works in Dialectical Methodology, contradiction does not refer to a conflict purely in a person's thinking or in logic. Rather, it indicates, for example, a clash between one's theory and one's practice, or one's words and one's deeds.

I am a writer, which is why I know about these random things. Although I had trouble explaining it, I had a little help from wiki for explanation's sake. So what you do here with the protagonist, merely outlines her troubles state of mind instead of negates it. I like this poem a lot. Some touch ups here and there would make it a classy piece of work
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