Writer 1: The rhyme scheme you started out with was completely phenomenal. It painted a very vivid picture of what all was going on in the past setting and it was eloquently wrote. However, I feel your rhyming and usage of scheme work tapered off at the middle and never picked back up. Some awkward sounding rhymes that really hindered the work's progression. Story wise, I felt the start was definitely your best part, but it really escalated a bit quick for my tastes in a topical writing. You automatically went from the boy waving a flag, to them riding on a boat, to him losing his dad in a battle all in the span of about 20 lines with no real progression to it. Decent topical overall and I understand why it might have been rushed, but I feel it may have hurt you here.
Writer 2: I felt rhyming wise, you had some similar issues to your opponent in the fact that there was just some awkward sounding rhymes along with a few broken schemes that really chopped up the flow of the read. Story wise, however, I feel you had a definite advantage over your opponent because of how well you were able to progress through your story without missing as many details that would otherwise lead a reader to be bewildered and lost.
Overall Writer 2 GMV because of his prowess over his opponent in terms of story progression. Other facets are about even, but this alone was enough to judge a clear winner. Good battle, guys.
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