Please
“Please” is the word I’ve been asked all my life.
“Please, stay strong.”
“Please, say you love me.”
“Please, be honest.”
And I never could let “please” mean anything to me.
It was too much of a burden, it has been misused greatly
By people who just want something out of me, to hurt me
Yet now, in my life, I find myself asking “please”
“Please, don’t leave me.”
“Please, tell me you’ll change.”
“Please, make things better.”
And it means nothing to the people I ask.
Please is just something you say before something else is wished
It is a cry for help, nothing but desperacy
Sure, it is polite in certain contexts
It can even be endearing.
But please is nothing but dehumanizing in most.
About this poem
English Honors Class 2022
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Written on August 24, 2022
Submitted by scoopski on August 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDCCCECFGHIEJKL |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 731 |
Words | 137 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
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