Analysis of Loose Skin



I hear the way they speak to you, and hear
Your cries for help. I hear the lonely lost
Young girl who's trapped beneath your skin, loose skin.
You lose the weight but keep that voice that traps
Your cycle of eat, purge, relapse, repeat.
You lose the weight but keep the skin, loose skin,
From being weak. Your body tears itself
Apart as vomit trickles down your chin.
You’re thin, you swear, and pray to god that they
Can’t catch your lie, can’t see the skin, loose skin;
The rolls of fat that holds you back from life;
A happy life, a normal life, without
Your cycle of eat, purge, relapse, repeat.
You lose your life, but keep that damned loose skin.


Scheme abcdEcfcgchiEc
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111101 1111110101 1111011111 1101111111 1101110101 1101110111 1101110101 0111010111 1111011111 1111110111 0111111111 0101010101 1101110101 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 661
Words 131
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 500
Words per stanza (avg) 123

About this poem

I wrote this poem about my lover, who suffers from an eating disorder. Though many of the feelings portrayed are of my own, having suffered through similar issues throughout my life.

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Written on October 18, 2022

Submitted by emrofupa on November 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kane Fuller-Penatzer

I am a freshman in high school and have always had a passion for poetry. I really enjoy writing, and I appreciate the liberal arts. I live in a very small town, with my mother, father, grandparents, and two siblings. I also have a cat. more…

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