Analysis of The Mask
Derrick E Carey 1981 (Sarasota)
I cannot deny the things I've seen in my young life
Nor can I forget the things I've done
Nor do I try
Passion fuels the rage that flows within the hearty of men.
A poetic balance of light and dark.
My aspiration for the best of me.
Unknown and unaware to the machine that is trying
So hard to place labels on me.
Completely unaware of the mask that I wear
And the mask that we all wear.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFHH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1100101110111 111010111 1111 101001110101011 0010101101 101010111 0100110011110 11111011 01001101111 0011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 388 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 302 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Written on February 18, 2023
Submitted by DerrickECarey on February 18, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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