(P2 is short for Poetry 2)

Poetry Review: Book 2
BOOK TITLE: Conversations with myself
No. of Chapters: 28
AUTHOR: na_jae_min

NOTE :
--This is my personal analysis, with the present contents of book, and the mentioned judging criteria. It may change after author edits the book or if criteria is changed.
--Any other person judging the same book, on same criteria/points, may hold different opinions/comments/suggestion/advice, than highlighted here.
--Nothing is written/criticized to offend anyone. If you don't agree, don't follow, I don't mind others having different opinions.

POEM-WISE ANALYSIS:

All poems are free verse style. Aesthetics indicating the starting and ending of poem are present in each poem, making it look better. Title of poem is highlighted very well in each poem. Some words are stressed (put in italics) to make the readers grasp their effect (that's very good). Annotation/Author's notes are present with each poem explaining the necessary aspects wherever needed.

Poem1: Their fantasy
Quatrain (i.e. four verses or lines), with perfect rhyming. Internal rhyme is used (meaning rhymes within the same line or verse). Consonance is exploited for providing the rhyme.
Simile used ('their love was like a stream')
Personification ('their love' compared to an 'unending dream'; it's also a simile).
Repetition - 'they' and 'their', in an appealing manner.
All poetic devices are used very effectively, the only thing is, you may avoid capitalization of words in the same verse if the word doesn't stress something significant.
Author's note is present. No annotation, but poem is simple to grasp and doesn't need any further explanation.

Poem2: How she went along
Again a Quatrain (i.e. four verses or lines), with perfect (eg- song, wrong) and imperfect rhyming (eg- felt, went)
Internal rhyme is used (meaning rhymes within the same line or verse) with single and double syllables. Consonance is exploited for providing the rhyme.
Simile used ('like a beautiful song')
Repetition - 'went along', used two times, but it effectively conveys the point, giving the necessary stress on her going along. However, repetition of 'world' isn't much appealing. Comma mistakes- I highlighted in an inline comment.
All poetic devices are used very effectively.
Author's note is present. No annotation, but poem is simple to grasp and doesn't need any further explanation.

Poem3: She had a secret (Poem26 in your book)
Cinquain (7 lines) with imperfect rhyming (eg- secret, weakest etc.). Eye rhyme is used (forced, cursed).
Internal rhyme is used single and double and dactyllic syllables. Consonance is exploited for providing the rhyme.
Repetition - 'that day', used perfectly.
Spacing mistakes at a few places.
A spelling mistake
Author's note is present. Annotation is there too, explaining the POV and the theme of poem. Though it's always good to attach annotations with poems, but here it contain many grammar errors and thus need editing.

Poem4: Just a Break? (Poem27 in your book)
11 verses.
Stanzas- couplets, tercets. However, the stanzas and verses aren't properly indicated (full stop, line breaks and line endings need to be properly specified which will decide the number of lines/verses of poem). Also stanzas need to be grouped together.
Perfect (bright, sight) and imperfect rhyming (eg- sleep, believe etc.) used. Eye rhyme is used (break sake).
Internal rhyme is used single and double and dactyllic syllables. Consonance is exploited for providing the rhyme.
Metaphor (I've lost my life)
Simile (like a toy, I looked breakable; it's a personification too).
Grammar mistakes- tense mistakes, quotation marks, etc.
Spacing mistakes at a few places.
Author's note is present. Annotation is there too, explaining author's tone and the situational theme of poem. However, many readers in various other heartbroken situations will identify themselves with the poem. It's universal appeal is awesome. Annotation has grammar mistakes which need editing, but I like the credit you gave to the other author. Not many people do that and it reflects the genuineness and respectability as an author.

Poem5: He kisses Guys (Poem25 of your book)
5 verses, but could be made six.
Stanzas- couplets, tercets. However, the stanzas and verses aren't properly indicated (full stop, line breaks and line endings need to be properly specified which will decide the number of lines/verses of poem). Also stanzas need to be grouped together.
Perfect (talk, walk) and imperfect rhyming (eg- beautiful, magical etc.) used. Identical rhyme used (shy, why, deny)
Internal rhyme is used single and double and dactyllic syllables. Consonance is exploited for providing the rhyme.
Metaphors (love is beautiful, love is magical)
Author's note is present. Here author gives a powerful message to the people. Being an author brings social responsibility too, to impart some strong beliefs, contradictory to public's baseless notions; but that too politely, not offending or hurting anyone. I am glad that the author understood it and did justice to this.

REVIEW:

1. Cover, title, summary (5/10)
Cover is attractive, but the cover image could be changed. Instead of using a picture representing the vulnerability of a girl (sobbing, cuddled up in a corner), a vibrant, strong willed girl's image could be used. The poetry concerns many themes-motivational, gloomy, situational, social issues etc. So I don't think it's a perfect image. Moreover the cover has author's old Wattpad username, me_snowflakes, which needs editing too.
  Title is good and relevant to the contents of the book.
Summary may be improved- few grammar, word errors and sentence formation mistakes are present. 

2. Poetic devices - (9/10)
The author has used poetic devices very efficiently and I must congratulate her for that.

Repetition- used for words/phrases in most poems. Almost all repetitions give meaning to the poem, and accentuate the importance of the accompanying text. In a few poems, the repetition seems awkward.
Metaphor (implied comparison)- used in some poems, not all, but the ones used, sensibly convey the meaning author wishes to highlight.
Simile (compare using 'like' etc.) - used more frequently than metaphors, but interestingly. No comparison seems odd.
Some personifications (human characteristics attributed to non living things) used too.
Consonance (repetitive sounds in latter syllables of words) - observed in all poems and impart a strong as well as touching effect. The words are selected meaningfully for this.
Imagery, symbolism, hyperbole, onomatopoeia etc - not attempted (for the poems I have read).

3. Form/style, verse (Rhyming Metered-RM, Free Verse-FV), Rhyme, figurative language (8/10)
Form- Couplets, triplets, quatrains, cinquain, ottava rima observed, but with varying rhyming syllable patterns (not conventional).
Style- narrative style, free verse style (here, it means, the number of lines/verses, rhyme type, meter type etc. is used/exploited, as per the wish of the author). Free verse style is most commonly used, since it give freedom to writers, to sum up and put forward their thoughts, without any limits on poetic devices.
Verse- rhyming, metered verse is used, for all poems.
Rhyme- Perfect (single, double and dactylic), Imperfect rhymes, End rhymes are prominently used. Eminems, outside in rhyme, broken rhyme, eye rhyme schemes are also implemented.
Figurative language- is exploited in some poems.

4. Emotional Impact, tone, mood, POV (8/10)
Emotional impact is awesome. The readers instantly connect.
Tone- gloomy, motivational, sentimental, confident, bold, strong, pleading etc. (depending on subject of poem)
Mood- in correspondence to tones; though reader identifies and relates his own situations with the poems, not that of author's (and it's great).
POV- first and third person omniscient, prominently used.

5. Complexities, embedded layers of meaning, significance. (4/10)
Not much complexities observed.
But, there are a few poems which contain lines with embedded meaning.

6. Clarity of purpose, meaning, comprehension, coherence, conclusion (9/10)
Purpose of each poem is clear to author, which reflects in the connection and rhythmic flow of verses (from starting till end) on the particular subject/topic of poem. Author has attached notes, annotations with each poem for the necessary explanation. Every poem's annotation has a purpose and none seem overwhelmingly descriptive.
Meaning of poem is clear to reader. No ambiguities in comprehending the same from readers' perspective, no doubt much credit to the annotations and author's notes.
However, the poems altogether are not coherent with each other, as each one deals with a different subject.
Conclusion of each poem is clearly conveyed.

7. Word selection, spelling, grammar, line endings, line breaks (8/10)
Word selection is good; may need modification at some places.
Spelling mistakes - few are present.
Grammar mistakes- present in a few number, in some poems.
Line endings need to be specified at some places. Some lines endings didn't create the proper emphasis on the verses/stanzas. Line breaks, however, are properly maintained, throughout poems, which retain the necessary pause required, at that particular point.

8. Universality (9/10)
The subject and the content of the poems, highlight the general emotions, human beings go through, in happy as well as difficult times; simultaneously, the poems address the positive approach to them.
Not all, but some of the poems have the features of universality, and if translated appropriately, into other languages, would retain their meaning and significance.

9. Annotation (9/10)
Present in all poems. Every annotation has a purpose, it's meaning is clearly conveyed to the readers. They are written interestingly. But I am afraid there are grammar mistakes in every annotation and need editing.

Rating/Marks :
5+9+8+8+4+9+8+9+9= 69/90

Reviewer's note (to readers) :
The poems are short but very well written. The reader can feel author's moods and identify himself/herself in the situations. There are 27 poems, all belonging to a different subject with varying intensity of emotions depicted. Each poem has a good emotional impact, due to a very judicious usage of poetry devices. Few poems present questions for the readers concerning extreme internal debate on certain issues. The author has given a good social impact through poems, by highlighting the emotions of the LGBTQ group. Author has also given a supporting message for the community, to the audience and that shows her responsibility aspect as an author. Nothing is written to offend anyone, still the message is passed very amiably and politely.
Readers will definitely love all of these poems.

ADVICE (to author):
To take the advice or not is at author's discretion, however, I have mentioned my suggestions in the above points.

If there is anything you don't understand, let me know, as an inline comment here. I will surely explain, if I find time for it.

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