Analysis of Masks
Tihani Waipapas 1987 (Hawaii)
Everyday she wakes,
She puts on her face,
Plasters a smile,
Does her hair,
She tries so hard,
She needs to escape,
She's made a friend,
He turns into her lover,
She built these walls,
To help protect her,
He's climb to the top,
He's breaking them down,
Piece by piece,
Her layers are removed,
She warns him to take it slow,
Layer by layer she feels so anxious,
She's never shown no one these scars,
So she tells him to be careful,
You might not like what you see,
The real me is not the one you want,
Please just love the me I am today,
With all these layers tucked away,
He grabs her hand and says it's okay,
They fight the darkness together,
There you see I'm not so lovable after all,
It's broken and cold inside,
Please oh please don't leave me now,
I've wiped away the fake,
I've shown you who I was,
I've fought my demons and yours as well,
I've bleed, I've cried, I've died inside,
I'm vulnerable and scared of what you see,
For the me on the inside is broken,
I'm missing pieces so please,
Before you leave me,
Replace the walls you've broken down,
For I do not wish to be,
With your gone and I'm just me.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIHJKLMNOPQRSTTTHUVWXYZVR1 2 RKRR |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 11101 1001 101 1111 11101 1101 1101010 1111 11010 11101 11011 111 010101 1111111 1011011110 11011111 11111110 1111111 011110111 111011101 11110101 11010111 11010010 111111100101 1100101 1111111 110101 111111 111100111 11111101 11000011111 1011001110 1101011 01111 1011101 1111111 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,113 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 38 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 838 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 220 |
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Written on September 02, 2021
Submitted by Ani.Wai on September 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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