Analysis of All my phantom limbs
To put your hands on me as a Woman ⅓ my size, you clearly
Have lost your mind!
I'm standing here wearing dog tags & camouflage, so
Toxic Feminity, if I fight dirty like you, is not your best ally.
But since you keep reminding me that that kid is not my child,
I have no choice but to salute, retreat, & say goodbye.
Just know: If you really loved that child, you wouldn't have made that child---MY phantom limb for the rest of MY life.
Women who use phantom limbs as human shields are either Poets or Demons.
If you want to see which one you are---look at the kid crying right now & then go look in your mirror after midnight!
What do you look like?
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Metre | 111111101011110 1111 11011011101 1011111011111110 111101011111111 111111010111 11111011111011111101101111 1011101110111010110 111111111110110111110110101 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 674 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 49 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 494 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Goodbye
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Written on December 29, 2021
Submitted by Censored2Death on December 29, 2021
Modified by Censored2Death on December 29, 2021
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