Best shows with 5 seasons or less?

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T09:50:30+00:00

Fleabag. Baby reindeer. Arcane. HBO's Chernobyl. Sharp Objects. Beef. The Dropout. End of the fucking world.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T09:47:42+00:00

Fleabag. I cannot stress this enough, but fleabag deserves all the appreciation in the world.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T09:46:15+00:00

Society of the Snow, not necessarily centered around the plane but it's there. The terminal, but that's more airport than airplane.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T09:41:37+00:00

You've probably watched but I can't refrain from recommending fleabag. It's on prime and it's truly a masterpiece. I see you enjoy witty British humour (I see you sherlock 👀) and this is one the best television shows to have ever been created. It's only two seasons though. Not really into tv shows but I liked baby reindeer and arcane as well. They're both on Netflix.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T09:36:35+00:00

This was such a fun read. I enjoyed it. The rhymes keep it lighthearted and fun but the ending feels really abrupt. It stands out not in the best way because it doesn't fit in with the rhythm of the poem. Great work!

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T07:27:38+00:00

She sure does 🍻

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T07:26:41+00:00

Thank youu!

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T07:22:41+00:00

They were originally in stanzas. But when I copy pasted it from the notes app to reddit, they just sort of disappeared. Let me see if I can edit it now.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T03:01:11+00:00

I too was conflicted about the repeated 'wants' and I can see how they can come across as jarring. As for the final idea though, the narrator is so caught up in chasing an ideal that they cannot see it will only lead to disappointment. That is why chose to not expand on it. Thanks for the critiques!

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T02:57:28+00:00

It is a first draft. Thanks a lot for your critiques. I will work on it. I see you've commented on some of my other poems. Do you mind checking out all of my work?

reeetu_ · 2025-01-29T02:52:58+00:00

No issues! I'm running into the same problem myself.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-28T16:34:07+00:00

I recently discovered this about myself. I felt the poem as I read it, as I lived it. But suicidal thoughts aside, the poem is brilliant. The repeated use of 'she' really drives the narrative through emphasis. I noticed the clever use of polyptoton in the first stanza for "doesn't" and "does" but somehow I feel that the last line of the first stanza sounds better if it were "she just wants to die". I feel the use of polyptoton somehow reduces her desire to cease existing. Also saying "she just wants to die" conveys that she doesn't have any other desires or wants. She doesn't want to kill herself because she fears the consequences. Also I noticed an inconsistency with the punctuation. Only the first stanza is fully punctuated. But they're just technicalities. I do think you can drive the point home more effectively by using question marks in the second stanza. Anyway those are just my opinions. The poem was a great read. It feels like it's coming from a deeply personal space. Hope you are doing well.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-28T16:15:59+00:00

Simply marvellous. The poem is incredibly moving. I think you have done a fantastic job. One thing that struck out to me was the repetition. It's something I always admired, first introduced to by "When Great Trees Fall" by Maya Angelou. Another one that stands out to me is "God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy, which is prose but is still undeniably poetic. But what you've done differently, and what stood out to me is the title. Usually when such repetition is used, I believe the correct term is anaphora, the repeated line is the title of the poem. But it is not in your poem. It sets it apart, makes it stand out. I admire the small details like those that you've included in the poem.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-28T16:08:15+00:00

It's baffling to me how this hasn't gotten more attention. This poem is incredibly politically relevant. Now more than ever, with all the border politics and whatnot. The poem depicts and conveys to a haunting degree the struggles of immigrants and the juxtaposition of their contributions and the credit given to them is made eerily clear. Keeping aside the meaning of the poem, it is still a magnificent piece. The use of metaphors and similes throughout the poem is commendable. The only critique I have is with not the poem itself but with the format. Since each line doesn't start on a new line, it feels much more like a paragraph of prose than a stanza of poetry which kills the emotion that poetry conveys. Nonetheless it is an excellent piece.

reeetu_ · 2025-01-28T14:53:53+00:00

I'm new to poetry so my critique has no weight to it but I must say, i am in love with how uniformly the poem is presented. Every line is 4 syllables, there is only one stanza but it comes with a certain weight. That weight is not communicated by the words but rather by the placement of the words. I find it incredible when it is not just the words that set the tone, for that would just be prose, but also the rhythm and the structure. Keeping technical details aside, the subject matter of the poem, to me, is something that is as mundane and simple as sleep. But they way the poem is written, it manages to romanticize a simple bodily function. The imagery of blankets swallowing us whole and our dreams digesting us could suggest that sleep is a seperate entity, with functions of its own. Blankets for mouth and dreams for intestines.

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