Analysis of Stranger in my mirror



Lost in my reflection,
Whose the opposite side,
I do not recognize.

Brave young girl,
Now pushed away.

Black hair,
Black nails,
How much did it hurt,
Enough.

I do not recognize
the face staring back at me.

Lost in my reflection
I wonder, what I've become.


Scheme AxB xx xxxx Bx Ax
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 101001 11110 111 1101 11 11 11111 01 11110 0110111 101010 1101101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 259
Words 61
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 4, 2, 2
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Written on November 12, 2021

Submitted by donnecil0405 on November 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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