Comments : Backyard Adventures (The Pirate Ship)

  • 10 years ago

    by Baby Rainbow

    'We have to make it stronger
    this pirate ship for three
    the last one it sank
    somewhere out at sea.
    As Terry-Tu flew up high in the sky
    and Hopper swam fast, heading for the shore
    Jan de Bouff was found next day
    floating on a door." they chanted
    as they worked.

    - I don't know if you are aware or not, but you open the speech with ' but end it with " which I think you meant to open it with " also.
    - Maybe this is just how I was reading it, but I feel there would be benefit to the poem if you added a comma on this second line after three?

    With his strong red beak
    he had it loose in no time
    and...as Jan de Bouff
    tied it to the mast
    they were finally ready
    to pull anchor and
    set off on there adventure.

    - there should be their, on this last line.

    "Oh Arr! Oh Arr! ...we'll sail the seven seas
    scallywags and scoundrels, we are pirates three
    We'll steal your gold coins, won't listen to yar pleas
    We'll fill our treasure chest and still be home for tea!"

    - I know this is speech, but I would still punctuate it with commas where the reader should break, I feel it has a really good flow and rhyme scheme to it, and the commas would help structure this flow. So at the end of each line really since the new line is another little statement in the song/chant.

    As for the poem, I still love the adventure you take us on! But more so the language use of the pirate. I really like how you turn him into a very greedy and selfish pirate which is typical, but it works really well. The cheek of the other characters still shine through here. I already began to imagine their ship, the skull and cross-bone sail, and I did laugh at the supply of alcohol, I thought of them getting arrested out at sea for drunk driven haha.

    Still enjoying these stories, thanks! x