Analysis of The Mask
You wear a mask so no one can see ,the pain ,the hurt inside of thee.
Behind that mask is a face I see, a beautiful reminder of what was me.
Somewhere beneath the stone cold eyes, lies a helpless child with tears in her eyes.
She cries alone, most days and nights, full of despair, the feelings there.
One day she awoke to an empty room, looking around and felt her doom.
She pulled the covers over her head, and thought to herself I can't be dead.
Dead inside, feeling no more, until she heard a knock at her door.
A stranger, his eyes so blue , held out his hands, she said ,"Who are you" ?
I'm here with you, as you can see, take off the mask and come with me.
Let me show you what you don't see, a life worth living he reminded me.
From that day on the mask is gone, the tears of despair are no longer there.
I finally see, inside of me the gift of life given to me.
Written By: Robin Dana
Scheme | AAXB XXX XAABAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111101010111 01111011101000101111 10101111010111001 1101110111010101 111011110110010101 110101001011011111 1011011011101101 0101111111111111 1111111111010111 111111110111010101 111101110110111101 11001011101111011 1011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 882 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 52 |
Words per line (avg) | 14 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 225 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 30, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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