This is an analysis of the poem That Mask One Wears that begins with:
It doesn't matter what name is claimed,
Or fame gained by what is done one does....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbaaXcca aacXcddXda
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010101101 111110111 0101011111 1101101010 01110110001 11101111101 00101000101101 11101100111 01001001001 00111011001100 0101010100101001 1110111000101 110110101101 001000100101011 01010110111101 1010110111101 110001110010101 101010100100001 11111010110011 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 509
- Average number of words per stanza: 92
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, to, one are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of That Mask One Wears;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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