Analysis of Masks
Joan Crowley 1942 (Spencer, IA)
The many masks that we wear
Throughout our lives we only share
Within the recesses of our mind
The forbidden darkness we dare not climb
We must wear the masks for our protection
Never open for inspection
For God forbid who
Might be lurking inside of you
For if anyone were to know
The many masks we wore to play the role
The unveiling would give away
The person standing here today
| Scheme | AAXX BBCC XXDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 0101111 011011101 0101001101 0100101111 11101110010 10101010 11011 11100111 1110011 0101111101 00101101 01010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 383 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem many years ago. It maybe even more relevant today dealing with the dichotomy between two sides of the same characters in this world.
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Written on November 04, 1996
Submitted by joan_c42342 on July 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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