Analysis of Skin and bones



Skin and bones

Is all i've ever heard.
“Gain some weight”
“eat some more”
now in pictures,
My body is blurred
The subtle but powerful comments thrown at random.
Wishing I had the “perfect” girls fandom.
Perfect not being defined as the persons view on of themselves
but what society tells them to think.
You must look like you could be on the cover of magazines
Or fit perfectly to some fixed minded mans kink.
Be skinny here
But thick there
They cant be small but they cant sag
Small waist
But wide hips
Look impossible
Show off
But not too much or else you are a whore
Don't be too quick to cover up though
Because then to you are boring
The standards covering up your confidence
And your perfect imperfect glow.
Your glow being much more than just
Skin and bones.


Scheme A bxcxbddxexexxxxxxxcfxxfxA
Poetic Form
Metre 101 111101 111 111 1010 11011 0101100101110 101100111 0111001101011101 1101001111 11111111010110 111001111011 1101 111 11111111 11 111 10100 11 1111111101 111111011 01111110 01010011100 01010101 11101111 101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 785
Words 157
Sentences 8
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 25
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 304
Words per stanza (avg) 72

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Body positivity

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Written on December 05, 2021

Submitted by corderoanelie on December 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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