Tone By Claire De Lune

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I think this poem captures exactly what the title says. I feel that you captured the tone and pace of the music you selected almost perfectly. There is only one small part in the first stanza where you use Claire De Lune which I hear as an entirely peaceful song. I had a hard time visualizing the torment of and heartache you describe at the end of that stanza.
The second and third stanzas are very good. You match the emotions precisely with the music. The aloneness really come through in the second stanza and the high energy in the third. I think you did a great job on this assignment.

the only suggestions I have are, as I said above, you may want to revise the first stanza to act as the introduction of the feeling perfect love that most

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