Be sure to read this out loud — or have someone else read it to you. Poetry is meant to be heard, not just read. Sound devices are usually very important to poets.
http://www.literarydevices.com/
https://literary-devices.com/
Use the lists at the left on each website as the tables of contents.
Certainly, there's no rhyme in this.
There is repetition. Do you hear it?
Notice the first lines in stanzas 2, 3, and 5. What do you think about these? Are opposites being used? If so, for what purpose, do you think?
Keep reading it aloud. Do you hear the meter? The rhythm? Can you identify it?
You, Me and Mask
Around these faces,
A perfect disguise
From within the truth,
I dare not say.
The truth within, is locked away.
The perfect disguise is out to act.
The masked individual, I dare not say.
The lie they live, is the only escape
The loneliness lingers in a crowd of people
I dare not say what he’s become.
The face disguised, just cries alone
The mask is off now he is exposed
The truth within is open and free
I say the truth to the outside eyes
I dare not mask who I’ve become
The lie they lived is now a truth
The truth within is not what I fear
The fear is truth that people will hear
The face today may be unmasked
The face tomorrow
I can’t seem to find poetic devices and connotation. I’m having difficulty
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