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I have seen a face with a thousand countenances, and a face that was but a single countenance as if held in a mould. 

I have seen a face whose sheen I could look through to the ugliness beneath, and a face whose sheen I had to lift to see how beautiful it was. 

I have seen an old face much lined with nothing, and a smooth face in which all things were graven. 

I know faces, because I look through the fabric my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath.

 

Figurative Language

 

Personification:

  • "I have seen a face with a thousand countenances, and a face that was but a single countenance as if held in a mould. "

  • "I know faces, because I look through the fabric of my own eye weaves, and behold the reality beneath."

 

Repetition:

  • "I have seen a face"

 

Metaphor:

  • "I have seen a face whose sheen I could look through to the ugliness beneath"

  • "and a face whose sheen I had to life to see how beautiful it was"

  • "I have seen an old face much lined with nothing"

  • "and a smooth face in which all things were graven"

 

Software Findings Reoccurring Words

  • Face, Seen, Beneath, Sheen, Look

  • With these findings  we can conclude that this piece is about the differences in faces and how a persons true self may be hidden behind it. 

 

Interpretation

My interpretation of "Faces" revolves around a persons true self being. It is hard to tell what kind of heart a person has just by the way they look because looks can be deceiving.

 The narrator experiments with this by looking at himself. By looking into a persons eyes you may be able to see what is truly inside. The madman has seen a face with a thousand countenances, "but with his own newfound perceptiveness, he is able to "behold the reality beneath". 

FACES

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