Analysis of Behind The Mask
That’s the way life is…
greatness wrapped in a tattered box,
lined with regret
compliments laced with a negative refrain,
hiding the truth
Fear and delight masquerading as one,
chanting behind the mask
—that’s the way life is
(Dreamsleep: July, 2019)
| Scheme | AxxxxxxA x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 10100101 1101 10011010001 1001 100101011 100101 10111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 251 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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