Analysis of W.A.Y.
Every inch is bruised / A bruise on every inch
Hands on tile on hands on face
Arms held bitter boarded over stomach
Swollen too much to be healthy
Kill the rabbit / Stuck to my throat
Kill the rabbit / Dripping down my chest
Kill the rabbit / Mouths on wounds on carpet
Ballpoint pens remastered with blood and runoff
Writing manuscripts through my ribcage
In and in and in / Ink pushed into the unlit
It’s swollen too much to be healthy
Too close to my thighs (that’s where
I keep my heart) too close to my heart
(that’s where I kill the rabbit)
Gore on hands on hands on body
Body on blanket on death’s door
Pull it over your head / Kill the rabbit
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIEDJKGDLG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001110111001 1111111 1110101010 10111110 10101111 101010111 1010111110 10111101 1010111 00000110101 110111110 1111111 111111111 1111010 11111110 10110111 1110111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 509 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
About this poem
A poem about hickeys
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Written on January 26, 2023
Submitted by fef on January 27, 2023
Modified on April 19, 2023
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