Analysis of The mask that always smiles
What can you see when you look at me?
Someone who has a beautiful smile,
Sociable, talkative, kind?
A girl who can never tell a lie?
Who is that?
Look closely at me.
You will see that girl,
Is not me.
Hiding behind a mask,
Or behind a fake smile
“Be yourself”, they say
How do you exactly do that?
From trying to meet society’s eye.
Hearing jokes and comments,
Sharp as thorns.
Slowly losing blood.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m fine” and she continues to smile.
Pretending that
everything’s okay.
I swore I will never lie,
Now here I am.
Please don’t break.
Be like “this” and “that”,
I can’t take it anymore.
I’m the girl who is imperfect
I’m the girl who hides her pain, regrets, guilt
I’m the girl who keeps everything bottled up.
And sits there in silence.
I must not show any weaknesses.
I’m afraid of what you’ll think of the real me.
They say,
“Understand your own feelings”
What does that mean?
I’m already at my limit,
But yet, why am I still wearing it?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111111 11101001 1001001 011110101 111 11011 11111 111 100101 101011 10111 11101011 1101111 101010 111 10101 111 110101011 0101 101 1111101 1111 111 11101 111101 10111010 1011101011 1011110101 011010 111110100 10111111011 11 011110 1111 10101110 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,007 |
Words | 214 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 5, 9, 1, 8, 5 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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