Analysis of Mommy's Mask
I have always wondered why mommy wears a mask,
But I am always too shy and afraid to ask.
She told me one day, it's because she's insecure,
But then I had second thoughts on that, I wasn't sure.
I finally stepped up and asked her what was the deal,
And she at last spoke the truth so good and real,
Her sister burned her, many years ago,
And I cried, thinking that couldn't be so.
We all have things we need to hide,
Life is a hard and heavy ride,
When mommy spoke of her childhood so lame,
I knew she would never be the same.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110110101 11111100111 111111011100 1111101111101 1100110101101 01111011101 0101010101 0111011011 11111111 11010101 110110111 111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 515 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 400 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 107 |
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Submitted on August 19, 2017
Modified on April 24, 2023
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