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.


Scheme AABCDDEEFFGG
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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