This is an analysis of the poem Out From Behind His Mask that begins with:

OUT from behind this bending, rough-cut Mask,
(All straighter, liker Masks rejected--this preferr'd)... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdbefgeXgXgXXXfa cXXbgXXfdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010111 110101010001 01010001010111011 10111 10010101110 01001010101 0101100101 01010101 011001010011000 101 1001000001 0100100011111110010 11 010100010111010101 1001010010111 110011001010101 011111010100010 101 01101101 010001100111 01111101010 10110001011101100 10 110101010001 10001011101110011 11011111011111010 101001011110011 011111110100001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 764
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; this, for, in, to, and, of are repeated.

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

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