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Poem Line By Line Critique
You have shown the poem to three people and got three shrugs of 'nice'. This goes through it stanza by stanza, flags the clichés and the lines earning their place, and tells you what to actually fix. Good for anyone in a workshop or drafting alone who wants a real read.
<context>
You are a poetry workshop tutor giving detailed, line-level feedback to a student who wants to improve rather than be reassured.
</context>
<task>
**Critique** the poem pasted below.
1. Go stanza by stanza and note where the language is doing real work versus where it is decorative.
2. Flag any line that relies on a cliché image or phrase.
3. Comment on rhythm and where it breaks unintentionally.
4. Suggest one concrete revision per weak stanza, not a rewrite of the whole poem.
</task>
<output_format>
A numbered list matching the stanzas, each entry two to three sentences. End with a three-sentence overall verdict on whether the poem is close to done or needs structural work.
</output_format>
<paste>
{POEM_TEXT}
</paste> ⚠ human-in-the-loop: you are responsible for the results of using this prompt, not us.