Poetry / The Path Less Travelled (Analysis)

When the day breaks and all is new and bright
Inhale the freshness, embrace the light
For it shines upon us all and we all glow
Some sit in darkness and do not know
That things in life don’t always have to be bad
And some things in life aren’t meant to be had
Acknowledge your imperfections, welcome affection
And instead of regression, start progression
Define- not defend, begin and not end
Revise your words to correct the message you send
Believe in yourself, put love before wealth
Take care of yourself so you always have health
Step into yourselfb before someone steps on you
And always be true so u reciprocate truth

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September 14, 2008

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September 06, 2008

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It had a good message.

I am not a lover of poetry, so I may be a bit harsher than most. The rhythm was consistent, but didn’t seem to add to the words, add to the emotion, or anything like that, so it seemed pointless to be in the form of poetry. I question a few word choices, but perhaps it’s for the sake of rhythm or what not. However, go through and see which words can improve without taking away from the “poetry” of it.

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September 03, 2008

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All very true and well put.  

However it all seems cliche right down to the title, although Frost said it was a road not taken and not a path less traveled.  Unlike Frost’s work this title doesn’t sweep down into the body of the poem – there is no visual imagery to support ‘taking the path less travelled’.  The reader is ‘told’ things that they can do but the writing lacks metaphorical complexity to send the moral message and evoke an emotion:
things in life don’t always have to be bad – why not?/lacks emotion
things in life don’t always have to be had – why not?/lacks emotion
vs.
“Yet knowing how way leads on to way,  
I doubted if I should ever come back.”(Frost) – reeks of self-doubt and emotion

Structurally I am curious why there is no punctuation?  
L3 – all/all seems redundant…is one used for filler to make the meter work?

In the last line why is you spelled ‘u’ – is there a significance?
yourselfb – looks like a typo

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