I liked the repetion of the phrase "six feet above you I lay" and how you used a slight variation on that phrase to also bring the poem to a close. I think by simply changing a few words you achieved a great finality to the last line. I liked the imagery in the poem, I thought it was very descriptive and painted the scene very well, but I also felt that there could have been more creative or precise words to express the same things. Such as instead of "I listen to the cars go by on the road" the word go could be changed to drive or pass, even speed by. It adds a little more detail and action to the description. I thought in the first stanza the break between the third and fourth line was a little choppy. Perhaps you could move the word "was" down to the fourth line. I feel it would flow better, but it is all up to preference. In the third stanza I thought it could be better phrased if it was something more like: |