It's just the way
our teachers always told us that
three out of four answers to each question
will be right, but only one
will be the best
because now I can't help but think
that I can possibly be
the best answer to your question
the first choice
seemed nice for awhile
but was held up only
with some flawed logic which
you caught
before getting caught on me
and stuck on the possiblities.
I seemed like truth and so you stayed.
But now, with time away
to step back and read the rest
I'm scared to know you'll find out
if I'm your better or your best
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Hey rhiasofia! It's Mr. Powers here, with another fun and exciting review! Today, I'll be looking at this poem, called "Test-Taking Strategies".
I love romantic poems. I'm a sucker for romance, and this drew me in rather quickly.
From my perspective, it seems that the speaker is currently in a relationship, but is questioning if her Better Half is still interested in her.
To be honest with you, I feel the poem is a bit sloppy. I know, poetry is supposed to be "a way to express yourself", but still, I don't like the way you set it up. I was hoping that there would be more punctuation. But, that doesn't detract from the poem's story.
In the end, I'm giving this a good review. I like it, and the message connects with me. Good luck, and be sure to keep on writing!!!
Firstly, Im not sure if this is written after an esit, but I cant see very many problems. And Im not saying that just to be nice. I myself am pretty terrible with spelling issues and grammer as Im a bit of a lazy bum
. But honestly the only issues I could find had to do with punctuation, and even these could be mistakings. The first one I will cite is when you said " but you said, rather you thought that one day". I would suggest a comma placing between "rather you thought" and "that", as it would be proper in keeping rythim with "but you said". I would also suggest a comma between " I told you" and "that one day", as it seems that its possible, though only a fool would really percieve it this way, that you may be using "that" convictively as in " I love that look". Lastly I would like to point out that you could say "after years OF making us more and more use". Im not sure if this was intentionally omitted or not. Besides this, I have something to say about one of the mechanisms you use in this poem. You use brackets. Interesting, Ive seen semi-colons, colons, and alot and alot of commas, but this was refreshing. Anyways hope these helped. I felt that this was an interesting peice because it makes you think of how two people who like eachother believe that intimacy will eventually pull them apart, when they become a set, and sometimes end up disliking themselves. I dont actually know much about poetic theory, so I cant really help you much with form, but everything looks ok from here. I also likes your use of enjambment, its such a useful tool isnt it? As always, good work, but that doesnt mean stop 
I loved the ending of the poem. "If I'm your better or your best" is a brilliant way to end it. I think you're missing some punctuation, like in the very end after "best". I also feel like you should put a period after the "best" in the first stanza, since that's a complete sentence and is separated from the second stanza. In the second stanza, instead of starting with "because", start with "Now". I also feel like the "and" in the sixteenth line is unnecessary. Aside from the minor errors, I think this is a great poem.