Analysis of Fractured Reflections: The Prison of Poisoned Perfection
Thin but thick these standards make me sick.
Spending every hour comparing to those in power, with curves in the perfect places and Not a single blemish across their faces.
Not too skinny but not too fat, when will I look like that?
I skip my meals hoping it conceals the parts of me that aren't enough.
I stare at the labels calculating and debating what it will take to burn off the shame I consumed.
I stuff my face until I'm full, realizing I lost Control.
I run, run away from the unworthy number displayed across the scale.
Gliding that crisply sharpened blade across my skin hoping one day I will win.
With every meal I skip, every imperfection I hide is never enough to fix what is burning on the inside.
- Ella Hawton
Scheme | XXXXXXXAX A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110111 10100100101101011000110010101001110 11101111111111 111110101011111001 1110101000010111111101101 111101111001101 111011001010010101 1011010101111011111 110011110001011110011111101001 101 |
Characters | 729 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 1 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 57 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 287 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem to cast a light on the dark realities of living as a teenager in today’s society.
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