Analysis of The Mask I Wear
Though my problems I can't truly explain.
I constructed these walls to hide my pains
to replace the countless tears I cried.
Now all my tears remain dried.
I WEAR A MASK for each problem I face.
So people never see a hint or trace
of the difficulties and sorrows, I hide.
Those things I keep buried inside.
I wear the mask even though it's not real.
For it is the only way I'm able to deal
with the way, people act towards me.
I just pretend to always be happy.
Sometimes it hurts to get through a day.
If I don't respond then I'm not sure what to say
I struggle with the pains in everything I do.
Please understand I still appreciate you.
| Scheme | XXAA BBAA CCDD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1110111001 1010111111 11010111 1111011 1101111011 1101010111 10100001011 11111001 1101101111 111010111011 101101011 110111110 011111101 111011111111 11010101011 101110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 624 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem as a review of my I wear a mask poem. To show changes and differences between that original and to when I wrote this one. Showing a differen way of saying the same thing but also show changes that may have come along.
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Written on October 26, 2017
Submitted by BJHollywood-Cutts on July 20, 2021
Modified on May 03, 2023
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