Analysis of teenage girl



i’m tired, exhausted, overwhelmed.
everyday i wake up and i’m stuck in this realm.
society beats me up like a stick to a drum,
i look at my phone and expect the worst is to come.
put together, skinny, toned
all thing i wish to have and to own
but why not love my body?
for it is society who takes over my mine like karate,
chopping and kicking all the positive thoughts away.
stereotyped excessively and everywhere,
if i’m “too loud” or showing “too much,” i just might catch a stare.
we’re not athletic, we’re not funny
my confidence pours out slowly like honey.
these double standards make me want to hurl,
please, have mercy on me, for i am just a teenage girl.


Scheme ABCCDEFFGHHFFII
Poetic Form
Metre 11001001 101111011011 0100111101101 1111100101111 1010101 111111011 1111110 11101001110111010 1001010100101 1000100010 111111011111101 010100110 11001110110 1101011111 1110111111011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 682
Words 137
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 511
Words per stanza (avg) 125

About this poem

This poem circulates around society’s opinions and how they affect teenage girls.

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Written on May 06, 2022

Submitted by rachelb47 on May 15, 2022

Modified on April 03, 2023

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