Analysis of A version of me
A happy, silly girl I allow you to see
That's just another version of me
The mask that I wear hides the darkness, the sadness
It helps me to deal with all the world's madness
We all wear a mask at some point you know
It suppresses our feelings we don't to show
It's easier to swim in the shallows of the sea
Than drown in the oceans of anxiety
I hope my mask falls, I will finally be free
And be the version of me I want you to see.
| Scheme | AABBCCAAAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 010101101111 110101011 011111010010 11111110110 1110111111 101010101111 110011001101 11001010100 111111110011 010101111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 334 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
About this poem
This poem symbolises the metaphorical mask we wear from time to time. To hide our real emotions, our struggles, to suffer in silence.
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