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I'm sorry to have singled out structure, Maelstrom. Looking at the score, it's obvious what you mean. The problem is far less apparent in the first movement than the second, but I stand by my assertion that you need more direct or close repetition. Sonata form relies on repetition of sorts (ineed, in Beethoven's time, called for *direct* repetition), and makes your task as a composer easier.
It's a very common criticism that composers run off with ideas too fast. Great that you're so understanding though. This was, of course, just one reading of the composition. There's next to nothing objective about the appraisal of composition, but plenty that's objective about the appraisal of pastiche (which is, at least partly, what you're trying to do).
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