Rhyming Scheme/Flow - Intricate. End to end a smoother read. Flow's were choppy
Vocabulary - Phenom. This isn't based on vernacular, but usage. Example the word furnace. His word usage kept me interested in the piece. Intricate had a higher vernacular, but it was more straightforwrd. This was a shoe preference basically.
Topic/Meaning - Tie. I liked both equally and they were similar in aspect. Would have like to have seen one of them reach outside the box, but great minds do think a like.
Storytelling/Progression - Intricate. He built stanzas and chronicled the story well. Phenom framed his well, but it just wasn't as on point imo.
Emotion - Phenom. I think that word usage came into play on this one. He captured it well, Intricate's storyline was more captivating overall, but the individual moments that Phenom put across rang bells.
Imagery - Intricate. Goes hand in hand with emotion. it's hard to prevade emotion in text and both tried it. I think Int had a better take on it. Also, by chronicaling everything, he crescendoed the events well to a grand finale whereas Phe was more straight through. Sometimes that works better, in this case, the edge goes to the more far-reaching one.
Poetic Techniques - Tie. Nothing much to say here. Hit and miss from both.
Ending - Int. Just for the fact that he was able to leave it open for more. Pretty well even aside from that.
Hardest vote yet boyos. mad props
Overall Vote - Intricate Skills
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