This is an analysis of the poem In Masks To Masquerade that begins with:

I have never felt comfortable around those,
Who find it easy to speculate the feelings of others....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXb bccbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011000011 110100101010010 1011011010 100100101010100 01010101 11101010 01011010101 11001100010101 1110100011100101 1110100110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of In Masks To Masquerade;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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