This is an analysis of the poem The Right Mask that begins with:

One night a poem came up to a poet
From now on, it said, you must wear a mask....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacaaXbaXbbdaebeX afeXea fbe eceXXXcfbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,6,3,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110010 0110111101 11011010 0111010 1100101010 10100 11011110 010001111 101111010 0111 10101000011 111011 111010110 00111010 1011010011 1110100110101 11101001 1110101111100 010110010 0101101 01111111 10111101 0110111001 01101111 0101101101 011101 110101 101011001 1111100 111010110001 01010010100100 010000111 110100101 111010 100111010011 01011001101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; mask, it's, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i've, it, the, he are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mask is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Right Mask;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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