Analysis of You Cut (MAJOR TW for self-injury)
Slash,
Cut.
Stinging pain,
It burns like fire.
Long sleeves all year round
So they never see.
Blood,
Red marks.
Slashes on your
Arms and legs.
Old scars and new scars,
Self-inflicted wounds.
Punishments for being alive,
Self-inflicted torment
For being born.
You think it helps,
You feel like it distracts
Your attention from
Your cruel life.
You cut
And it breaks my heart.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSBT |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 1 101 11110 11111 11101 1 11 1011 101 11011 10101 10011001 10101 1101 1111 111101 10101 1101 11 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 294 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
About this poem
This is about a friend of mine who self-harmed as well. I actually was in a day treatment center and I saw her there. I don't really see her anymore since we both graduated high school but I really hope she's okay.
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