This is an analysis of the poem The Masked Face that begins with:

I found me in a great surging space,
At either end a door,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXa bcbXcX dedeeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001101 110101 1111000101 01111 111101000 10010010111 111011111 110101 101110111 01110 1011111 1111010 01110111 1110101 110101001 00100100 0010101 01101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; i, and are repeated.

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

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

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