Analysis of The Marionettes Dance
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
In the shallow depths
Of my porcelain smile,
The cracks reveal
The shimmer of deceit,
A facade borrowed
From the world's
Repertoire.
Behind closed doors,
Intricately veiled,
A masquerade blooms,
Puppeteer’s game,
And I,
The marionette,
Dance upon strings.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLDM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00101 111001 0101 010101 0011 101 10 0111 10001 0011 0011 01 01 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 265 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 205 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Overall, the poem portrays a sense of hiding one's true self and playing a role dictated by others.
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