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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