Tommy's Review of Meghan's Poem

Review One: Meghan Harris

            In her poem, Best Friends, Meghan Harris talks about first love and her appreciation for her partner even after the relationship ended. I think poem is an honest piece with good rhythm and rhyme scheme. For example in stanza two she uses the AABB rhyme scheme by rhyming “free” with “me” and then “years” with “fears”.  I like how she uses repetition in the first line by saying “First kiss, first fight, first break up, first goodbye”. I think it’s a good introduction. I think the poem could be made more effective with some actually accounts of events in the relationship. For example, she talks about “shutouts”. I think instead of saying it she should reveal a detail from a time one person was shutting out the other out maybe include the location or what words were or weren’t exchanged. I think the poem could also be left more specific and less general by maybe highlighting one moment in the relationship. First love is intense and I think you could really expand on a lot of these feelings and events. You could write an entire poem for all of the “firsts” listed in the opening. I think Meghan did a great job.