Analysis of Body
I lay there restless
As he cleans me up
Wiping so carelessly
Grateful that I was just enough
I don’t feel like a person
My soul has left out
And my still body
Lies wondering when it will return
Don’t touch me
I say in my head
I am a living, breathing human
Laying on this cold bed
Is she okay?
I’d hope he’d think quietly
And I would answer aloud, no
I am not a machine
I’m not here to collect your load
The only way to get me to work is to show love
Care for me like a precious jewel
Whisper to me our plans for the end of the world
Show me that this body has another purpose
That I’m worth more than gold
But I’ll wind her back up
And find fake life to give her
Because she has a job to get done
Even if it always kills her
Scheme | ABCXDXCX CEDEXCX XXXXXAX BFDF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 11111 101100 10111101 1111010 11111 01110 110011101 111 11011 110101010 101111 111 1111100 01110011 111001 11110111 0101111111111 111101010 1011101101101 111110101010 111111 111011 0111110 011101111 1011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 743 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 7, 4 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem to explain how a sexual partner made me feel.
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Written on February 01, 2024
Submitted by amanda.harris1995 on February 03, 2024
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