Assignment

So, what is everyone's first impression of the second long assignment?
I was immediately daunted mostly because I am doing the poetry option. I want to be tested on both and as the prose has been done.... I spent some time working through some ideas and a lovely little ideas has come through- i love it as a concept but I think the real test for this assignment is technical. It needs to be technically mastered as well conceptually and poetically presented. That said content is in a way chosen by the from. The same was true for the diary prose piece. There are only certain subject matters which will sustain themselves over the course of the 60 lines in a single sentence. The importance of employing rythm, repetition, rhyme etc in order to "fake a break" in this extended piece means that certain subjects will just run their course too soon. The other trap is that the form could encourage wild self indulgent ramblings. An interior monologue isnt any more interesting just because it employs a bit of clever syntax over 60 lines. And interior ramblings can just be lazy writing: emotional subject matter with pretty words does not a poem make. So the concept and word choice and I think very importantly, the narrative drive of the poem still needs to be kept tight for it to make any kind of impression.
For my own part I know I write very slowly because the first flush comes out either instantly or over a few days in pieces here and there which I work through in my head on long walks, BUT, the actual process of honing and finding the exact words in the right place takes weeks and weeks. You remember the "skinless voice" from my fox poem- many of you loved that phrase (thank you) - but just that 2 word combination took over 10 days there were any number of versions before i found 'skinless". I ust dont think words can be rushed. Soooo 60 lines? not so sure.... oh dear.....
What is everyone elses first impression? Anyone got ideas or thoughts? Would love to hear them- encouragement needed over here!