Analysis of Punching Bag
Guinevere Negrete 1979 (Los Angeles)
I am a vent.
Just a tunnel for steam,
a funnel for anger of your broken dreams.
I am a tool.
Just an object to tweak,
something that's picked up to unplug a to leak. I am, but a nerve.
A pulsing sensation,
a pass time excuse,
unleashed explanation.
I am a mic.
A voice in the distance,
a thunderous shout filled with every resistance. I am your shame.
Your bump in the night,
the reason your life will never be right.
I am a goat.
An escape from your world,
just a tame me and blame me, excuse for a girl. I am a pawn.
Just a meaningless piece,
a band-aid that harbors a hideous beast.
I am a loon.
The Laughter at night,
a reason to blame whatever's not right.
I am your sorrow.
The tears that you cry,
the reason you'll suffer but never will die.
I am a mirror.
Just a reflection of you,
the high supreme judge that can not embrace you.
I am a fracture.
A crack in the glass,
an inevitable rage just waiting to blast.
I am your failure.
The burn in your soul,
that corrupted your youth and shattered your goal.
I am the nothing.
A whisp icy breeze,
a bone chilling virus, flesh eating disease.
I am a bag.
A home for your fists,
an emotional outlet you'll never resist.
By: GUINEVERE NEGRETE
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 101011 01011011101 1101 111011 1011110101111101 010010 01101 01010 1101 010010 01001111000101111 11001 0101111011 1101 101111 1011011011011101 101001 01111001001 1101 01011 010111011 11110 01111 01011011011 11010 1001011 01011111011 11010 01001 101000111011 11110 01011 10101101011 11010 01101 01101011001 1101 01111 10100111001 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,275 |
Words | 279 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 40, 1 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 455 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
About this poem
Poem I wrote about my biological mother
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Written on April 28, 2013
Submitted by Guinevereperez on February 18, 2023
Modified on March 10, 2023
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