Analysis of reflection



I don’t know whose fault it is,
Is it my fault for allowing myself to become you,
Or is it your fault for shaping me into you?
Maybe there isn’t any blame to pass,
Maybe this was weaved into the dark strings of fate,
Maybe we were doomed to be reflections of one another.
Two broken mirrors, echos of bad luck,
I want to blame you.
I think I should blame myself.
Regardless, we are shattered,
Cutting ourselves and each other on our sharp edges,
Crimson tears mixing with rivers of guilt,
Is this resentment or rage?
For whom?
You? Myself?
For the reflection.


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1111101011011 111111101011 101110111 101110101111 101011101011010 1101010111 11111 111111 0101110 100010110110110 1011011011 1101011 11 11 10010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 563
Words 119
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 435
Words per stanza (avg) 104
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Submitted by andromeda on January 24, 2023

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