x divided by 0 is undefined

Hey star! can it be that I'm reviewing 2021 star poetry? Yes I am. (Mostly because the other 2 poems in your 2020 portfolio had either been reviewed quite extensively or it wasn't my cup of tea.) Anyway while I'm here shall I review this work?

Okay so I love math. And zero is such a cool number. It represents nothing while being like a portal from positive to negative numbers. And when used in actual problems, you can get some fun results. I love how with math and chemistry there is a sense of romance that can be stuffed in there. And you use it in a pretty interesting way with the use of zero and x. You view yourself as x and you need to have zero to have any sort of real value. It shows dependency on others for you to feel like you have self worth. I feel with this poem the message is clear from the start but the more you think about it, the more it gets internalized and the deeper it becomes. Going along with the last critique I gave you on 2020 star poetry, just from the poems you've written this year I can see some branching out. Great job! :D

Just as in math you have consistencies. Such as these lines

i am x and you are 0

and i don't know where i begin and where you end

Hi! So I am back to review your work!!
First of all, I absolutely loved the creativity. I could have never imagined math with poetry. Now that you write it, it seems such a welcoming idea to write poetry mixed with subjects
I also liked the idea of being x and 0. Since x is a variable, to me it also felt like that signifies individuality. On the other hand, your feelings toward the other person are 0, i.e, constant.

The layout of your poem(for lack of a better word) was awesome. Scratch works containing poetry is definitely a very original idea. Another thing that was interesting to see was that the 1st 2 answers are actually correct!! Even though the reasons vastly differ. Which also kind of shows, that whoever checked was not even paying attention to the method by which it was solved
I would have loved to see F on top of the page, if that could happen Because, in some aspect that also gives us a sense that you don't have to top your grades to be a genius. The student writing poetry like this is definitely a genius too- though not in the way our schools want us to be.

I didn't understand what the last one meant though. Also, all 'I's aren't capitalized. And there's one last thing I didn't understand which was how is the name of the student f(x), when s/he constantly says in the scratch work, I am x.
Or is that an assumption to solve the question.


Overall, I really liked your poem because it was so interesting- especially since it made a supposedly uninteresting subject very interesting . keep writing

Wow this is brilliant!! So creative!! You're such a genius star!!
I loved reading it <3

omg this is brilliant, star. The repetition and then the slight change at the end of question 4 is so powerful <3

it's so beautifully crafted. i like the way you combine mathematics and poetry. it reminds me of the time when i used to write in the free period in school and my friend used to tell me to stop doing it. whatever, the message it conveys is a true message. i liked your concept of nothing and everything. especially those two lines. but i didn't understand number 5. pls made me understand that one.

i don't know whether this review will help you or not. actually, i am new in this reviewing and thus not experienced.

Math plus poetry? I scream.

I loved this so so much - it gave me chills. <3

Hello!

I always love combining poetry with schoolwork. I remember writing a lot of poems alongside my chemistry worksheets haha.
I've never been a big fan of math in general, but I think this is a really cool and creative concept! I really like the presentation of it too. Great job with all the formatting and such!

I think overall my biggest gripe is that it doesn't seem to go much deeper than the gimmick. Maybe I'm just not understanding math as well as I should, but this kind of just seems like a cheesy, abstract love poem written into the almost more abstract world of math. I found myself really craving some kind of image or sensory detail. Who ARE x and o? Why are they represented that way? I don't think it would be out of place to give real, specific details to these people, to breathe life into them. I'm sure you could connect it all back to math too! Are they classmates in a math classroom? Play around with it :]

Overall the writing itself is done really well, and I like the repeated elements! And even if you don't want to make it go any deeper, I think this is a pretty fun poem already.

Good luck revising, let me know if you have any questions!
Keep writing,
~fortis

This is amazing

This poem was...... interesting. Yeah, I couldn’t decipher this. I didn’t understand it.

I actually clicked on this and thought it was regular math at first.

Silly me.

So yes, this is poetry and it is quite obvious once I get over the fact I am looking at Calculus when I'm not in my Calculus class.

So review.

First off, let me say I'm not even sure what type of poetry this is classified as (the first thing that came to mind was concrete poetry, but the words aren't forming any shapes, the second that came to mind was blackout poetry, but you're adding words, not taking away despite the obvious use of a pre-existing document, and the third that came to mind was simply free verse, but honestly that doesn't feel like it completely fits either) so for now we're going to work off the assumption that you are a genius who literally created a new category of poetry.

Okay, second off-- I love love love (did I mention I love?) that you included both right and wrong answers; I especially loved the red marks you put through the wrong answers. It communicated the idea that this was a piece of art done by an individual who turned it in to their teacher and the teacher graded it anyway ignoring the fact that it was a work of art. They moved past it in a mechanical way, which also hints at everyone else in the world besides the narrator (x) and their assumed significant other (0) being on a different and more logical (in the sense of not being emotional) wavelength; the world becomes more boring when you fall in love and experience a deep connection, not because the world itself literally becomes boring, but because it is harder to appreciate those joys when the significant other isn't with you.

So third, your usage of mathematical terminology is brilliant-- brilliant, I tell you. These are terms used for strict and straight-forward equations with truths that are unequivocally, and in this poem, you use them for emotion, for the uncertain things of humanity, but through your usage of them, you make these emotions sound as solid and straight forward and unshakable as math is portrayed to be.

Honestly, the only thing I would remark on this poetry is that I would've felt even more connected to the idea of realness behind it if the words were not in a font but were handwritten, possibly if you had written the things on the page and then scanned them into the computer to upload. That's just a small note that I personally think could make it feel even more real and powerful to the reader; it could also provide a stark difference between the outlines of what is expected of the narrator (the questions, slots for filling in names and work, etc.) and what the narrator actually does. They make the impersonal personal. They make the facts emotions and yet still facts. Since I already stated this is unlike any type of poetry I've ever seen before, it feels equally a work of visual art as it is word art, and as such, I think that slight adjustment to the image to make it even more amazing.

Throughout the whole thing, you did a fantastic job. You know that you did well when I'm writing a review and literally didn't leave any suggestions on the actual lines of the poem. You, my friend, are a genius, and this was a complete joy and pleasure to read. I enjoyed it so much, and I'd love to see more of this unique, out of the box art and poetry if you ever decide to continue! (Who knows? This feels like the really good basis for a best-seller poetry book. If you go that route, I will most definitely be a buyer.)

Overall, terrific job. I hope to see more of your work soon. Thanks for sharing your talent! <3