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12 - An Angel

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I wrote of you as Angel more than once
your eyes, indeed, as bright as nightly stars,
and once you dance with all the lucky ones
a heavenly blue sea is in your glance.
Many others call you Angel, too.
You captivate their hearts, their ears, their eyes.
Your appearance shiny as the truth,
so no-one looks away, or doubts your lies.

But angels are supposed to be divine
and selfless, too, and more things you won't know.
An angel is embodied innocence,
and I don't doubt you lost that, long ago.

It's god you are supposed to represent -
the seven sins you represent instead.
Written partly for #TheNetherlands' 7 sins contest.

Though still not perfectly, this fits with the rules of sonnet writing more than many of my previous 'sonnets' - perhaps less of a need to bend the rules, here. :D

I based it on the ambiguity of the word 'angel'... usually the persons people call 'my angel' (as nickname or as poetic metaphor) aren't exactly like the angels in the bible. :shrug: Does that point come across well?

Day 12 of NaPoWriMo. I know i missed a few days. I knew it would happen, as well. ^^;

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:star::star::star::star-empty: Overall
:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Vision
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:star::star::star::star-empty::star-empty: Technique
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Here's the critique I promised you a while ago. First of all, I do like the way you wrote so much about an angel, and the way it comes down to you're not so quickly. While I do like that though, at the end, I wanted more description as to why. Of course, I'm sure we can all guess, but the angel is so detailed and not is so quickly ended. Even if it was a second part to the poem, I'm not sure there, but the whole point is, I keep looking for a bit of reasoning.

Part of that is, like it was said, this is supposed to be about the 7 sins, maybe (and this would mesh into my search for reasoning) if you put more about them into the piece

But angels are supposed to be divine
and selfless, too, and more things you wouldn't know.
An angel is embodied innocence,
and I don't doubt you lost that, long ago.

That stanza was the one that didn't flow as well with the rest. Especially the second line.

Other than that, like I said, I like the topic. I like how you took something so common and put a stomp on what we say and what it is. My favorite line was the last though. It's God you are supposed to represent -
the 7 sins you represent instead. Though I'd prefer it somehow rhymed, it's a hard, stiff ending to it all. Nice work.

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(((please do not pay attention to the stars, the critique is what I wrote)))

also, sorry if you get two critiques, I screwed up one, so I deleted and re-wrote it.