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

Mending to heal completely,
Isn't easy....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaabcc Xaddaeab bXaedbcX fgcXdXc D hX dXdb fX dgdehdece XXXX c DbcXh bX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,7,1,2,4,2,9,4,1,5,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 0010 100100010100 101011001010 11000110 011110011 010111010 00111110010 01010100010010 1000 1011 101101001101 10001010100100 010010101010 10100110100 110001001001 101010101 0111101111 01010110100 111000010101010 0011011111 10101010101 111001 0101001 110111101 01001 110010101 011001001 000100100010 11001110010010 110101001 111110 101 011110011 1 111110 10111100 11011000111 111010101 101010110011 111011110 111001001 11011011 00111110101 1111 0100010100 110111110 001 111 1 111111 001101101 011100111 01011 111110 1111011 1101 111111010 111 11101 10010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with, i, why are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word why is repeated.

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

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

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