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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _parse_blkio_metrics(self, stats):
 """Parse the blkio metrics."""

        metrics = {
            'io_read': 0,
            'io_write': 0,
        }
        for line in stats:
            if 'Read' in line:
                metrics['io_read'] += int(line.split()[2])
            if 'Write' in line:
                metrics['io_write'] += int(line.split()[2])
        return metrics