Analysis of The Unmasking



Behind the walls
of his fantasy
an actor played his role
dishonest in death
dishonest in life
 face like ashen coal

Taking the stage
left, center, and right
soliloquy to fawn
each pleading rehearsed
all truth in reverse
—footlights dark and gone

(Dreamsleep: Octopber, 2021)


Scheme XXAXXA XXBXXB X
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 11100 110111 01001 01001 11101 1001 11001 010011 11001 11001 1101 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 264
Words 45
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 1
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 74
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted by sage48 on November 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kurt Philip Behm

Longtime writer with twelve books in publication. Three of them Poetry. : The Death Of The Playground : The Sword Of Ichiban : Searching For Crazy Horse : Darkening Sun : An Anthology Of Perception-Vol's 1 & 2 : After Midnight : Sammy And Bumpers : The Fall City Mandate : Revenge Along The War Trail : Death from The Sky more…

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