Analysis of I don't just want to be skinny
I don't just want to be skinny
the sort where you have your life together
and you go to hot yoga classes
have an oat milk latte after and giggle
because you're drinking all the calories you just burned
I want people to worry about me
I want hugs that last a little too long
where they trace every bone in my back
with a hand that screams of disgust
I want the type of skinny where it hurts to get out of bed
where my lips are chapped
and my eyes are a little too glass like
I want the skinny that goes hand in hand with
black lungs and yellow teeth
I miss having to paint my nails to hide the discoloration
I think I want to be unhealthy skinny again.
I think I really just want to be pretty.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111110 0111111010 011111010 1111110010 0111010100111 1110110011 1111101011 1111001011 10111101 110111011111111 11111 0111010111 11010111011 110101 111011111100010 1111110101001 11110111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 687 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 547 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 142 |
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Written on November 02, 2021
Submitted by IsabelGrace on November 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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