Analysis of This Face
This face that I washed off,
Wasn't really mine.
This face that has been ravaged,
By makeup and time.
The face that looks back at me,
Now simple, sublime.
The face that I see now,
Yes, it's really mine.
| Scheme | ABCDEDFB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 10101 1111110 1101 0111111 11001 011111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 195 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on September 28, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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