Analysis of The Farce Goes On
Makeup never hides the truth
the camera sees it all
Sharply focused through the pain
each mask a futile pall
As clowns embrace the actor’s fears
in painted frozen smiles
The farce goes on in word and song
—a masquerades denial
(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 0100111 1010101 110101 11010101 010101 01110101 01010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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