Analysis of Death mask A requiem for another self
Death mask
A requiem for another self
For we who wear the mask
and what depths reside within
when the two becomes the one
of what is dead or real
We who make the masks
the images drawn
to transcend the mortality of man
The kinds of masks we wear
express that which can’t be said
but tries to understand
unravels the chains
and hidden locks from
our unconscious lots
it uproots that which spoils and rots
to restore that which can remain
so true
Like ancient masks of Agamemnon
thinly traced in gold
And of Lincoln’s mask
stoic and so bold alive
to this day still remains
Spirit masks of elder tribes
of tricksters fools and kings
what lie behind these masks
archetypes and mystery
that which peels away
behind the face to
reveal the personality
of our authenticity
Face to face with ourselves
to what is the true measure of man
if a person becomes the mask
or the mask becomes the person
on the stage of life
to act with what may be
to be true to yourself
is worth more indeed
Scheme | AB AXCX DXE XXXFXGGXH XXAXF XXDIXHII XEACXIBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 010010101 111101 0110101 1010101 111111 11101 01001 1010010011 011111 0111111 11101 01001 01011 10101 1111101 10111101 11 1101101 10101 01101 1001101 111101 1011101 110101 110111 100100 11101 01011 0100100 1100100 1111001 111011011 10100101 10101010 10111 111111 111101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 996 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 3, 9, 5, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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