Poetry
Hi everyone. I have a query for you to resolve. Below this, is actually a portion from a poetry that I'm writing. I want to know is there any grammatical mistake from the word 'crumbles' to the last word 'him'. And if there is, than which word/words would you suggest should be included or removed from there. Please kindly answer me, as English is not my native language. I'd be highly obliged.
"The nightmares, dreadful as the silence of the night, crumbles the very world within him."
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’ ‘The nightmares’ is a plural subject; so the verb would instead be ‘crumble’. Did you mean that his world is inside him? If you are writing prose—rather than rhyming poems—‘crumble his very world’ would seem to be appropriate.
- ’ ‘The nightmares’ is a plural subject; so the verb would instead be ‘crumble’.
- Did you mean that his world is inside him?
- If you are writing prose—rather than rhyming poems—‘crumble his very world’ would seem to be appropriate.
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In your question, you refer to ‘a portion from a poetry that I’m writing.' Poetry is the collective word for poems; so you would say, ‘a portion of a poem that I’m writing.’
‘The nightmares’ is a plural subject; so the verb would instead be ‘crumble’.
Did you mean that his world is inside him? If you are writing prose—rather than rhyming poems—‘crumble his very world’ would
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