Analysis of A Plea to My Body
Body, forgive me.
Forgive me for the years I put a finger down my throat.
Body forgive me for the powders I had put up my nose.
Body forgive me for ignoring the blood I passed
Body forgive me for negligent year I can't give back
Body, forgive me
For the nicotine that sits on my tongue
The tar that coats my lungs
The smoke and stale scented breath
Body forgive me, for thinking you are too good for death
For not letting you rest ,
And not forcing one's self to bed.
Body, forgive me for not filling my meds
Body forgive me.
Body forgive me, for the mornings I skipped brushing my teeth
Body forgive me for denying you the nourishment you need
Body forgive me, for burying you under layers of stress
Body forgive me, for cutting through your flesh
Forgive me for puncturing your veins
Body forgive me for brushing off physical pain
For skipping appointments
And repeating bad habits
They are not mistakes when the choices are pre meditated
Body forgive me.
For forcing physical health
Be surrendered to avoid losing my futures potential wealth.
body forgive me.
Body, forgive me.
Body forgive me for the junk I consume
Body forgive me for depending on you
For diminishing the power it takes to do what you do
Body, forgive me
Body, forgive me
For not washing the chemically grown fruit I place in my mouth
Forgive me for biting my nails
Body forgive me, for not even trying to build
A healthy physique before declaring I failed
Body forgive me for being so lazy
Body forgive me for not addressing my mental health
Body forgive me for being so run down lately
Body forgive me for my plate
As I pile it higher than I know I should
Body forgive me for not changing my ways
Body, please, don't tell me
That my mouth full of sorrys ....has come too late
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011 01110111010111 100111010111111 1001110100111 10011110011111 10011 101011111 011111 0101101 10011110111111 111011 01101111 10011111011 10011 100111010111011 1001110101010011 1001111001101011 10011110111 011110011 1001111011001 110010 0010110 111011010111 10011 1101001 1010101101100101 10011 10011 10011101101 10011101011 101000101111111 10011 10011 111001001111011 01111011 1001111101011 010010101011 10011110110 10011110101101 1001111011110 10011111 11111011111 10011111011 101111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,794 |
Words | 379 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 45 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Written on April 11, 2022
Submitted by dereksmartin on September 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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