A long hug, and we finally part
memories, forever in my heart.
Tears in our eyes
It's a hard goodbye.
Her words always at my fingertips
Yet to see her now becomes a trip.
Such a good friend
but our kinship must end.
Our lives were so much the same
I'll never forget your name.
Never met- or never parted
we'd ne'er be banded.
Fare thee well, thou longest,
Fare thee well, thou strongest.
Best wishes in all of life,
Never with hatred or strife.
Keep me in mind,
Long friendship I hope you find,
because you are now free,
Though I'll miss thee.
I'm so glad we met
Nothing will make me forget.
A long hug, and we finally part
memories, forever in my heart.
Tears in our eyes
It's a hard goodbye.
Robert Burns was a great poet who wrote many poems about his relationships with other people. One poem in particular, "A Fond Kiss", was written about the speaker saying goodbye to someone he loved. I had a similar experience with a friend from grade school who chose to go to boarding school for high school. I modeled my poem, "Hard Goodbye", after this poem of his. I used the same rhyming technique of couplets. I also used some of the the same beginnings of his lines. Both of our poems about the moment you embrace someone when you think it is going to be the last time you will see them, and how hard it is. All of his poems showed his passion and familiarity with his subjects which was easy to model in my own poem.
Enjoyed reading your poem. You closely modeled your poem off the poignant goodbye in Burns' "A Fond Kiss." In your rationale, you did a good job of outlining this connection and commenting upon Burns' poetic form. You might have mentioned how the veneration of emotion over reason--as displayed in your poem--was a hallmark of the Romantic era. Good job.
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