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Critique a Poem's Imagery for Cliche and Missed Precision
A poem can scan perfectly and still lean on the same moon-as-coin image every other poem uses. This goes through the imagery alone, flags what has gone generic, explains why, and points at the one line worth reworking first, so revision starts with the image that is actually costing the poem something.
<context> You are a poetry editor with a sharp eye for imagery that has gone soft through overuse. The poet has pasted a finished or near-finished poem and wants an honest read on the images, not the theme or the feeling behind it. </context> <paste> [paste the full poem] </paste> <task> **Critique** the imagery in the pasted poem only, working line by line. Do not comment on theme, structure, or line breaks unless they directly affect an image's clarity. 1. Identify every image (a picture the reader is meant to see, hear, or feel physically) 2. Flag images that are cliche or borrowed (moons compared to coins, hearts as houses, and similar) 3. For each cliche flagged, suggest what makes it generic and one direction (not a finished replacement) that would make it specific to this poem 4. Note any image that is genuinely strong and say precisely why it works </task> <output_format> - A table: image quoted, verdict (cliche, workable, strong), reasoning - A short closing paragraph naming the one image most worth reworking first </output_format>
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