Hot Pursuit

To be honest, the words "pretty girl" in the first line of the poem inspired me to actually read the whole thing. Though this poem is not my favorite of the bunch, I really like both its tone and theme. If one were to simply read the poem in its entirety, without knowing who wrote it, the assumption could easily be made that it was written by an extremely cocky guy (the poem is in fact written by a woman). Specifically, the first two lines of the poem, "The thing to do with a pretty girl / is to own her outright," seem like passages from a dating advice column in Men's Fitness, which I find really unique. As the poem progresses, though, it's "article-like" nature fades, allowing its poetic side to shine through. The last two stanzas contains some good sound devices, such as alliteration, whichI think really help "settle" the poem's tone down and give it a smooth, thought-provoking ending.