Analysis of The mirror
Always used but I am hardly loved by my owners
They stare into all of my eyes, every shard of me stares back with envy
I don’t know why they insist on being here if they hate looking at me
Unless its not me they hate
I figured as much since they stare with tears in their eyes
I feel as if harnessing their darkest fears-
Keeping them from their deepest desires.
Im smashed into shards of pain
Still staring with 1000 eyes, I think they call it the thousand yard stare
Watching my owner breathe heavy with guilt
Their painful satisfaction ties a noose around it and replaces it
As they feel like a winner beating their opponent-
Beating me
As if my owner isnt finished with me
Still needing the final blow-
Im picked up and even with my final defenses shedding red tears from their hand-
They throw me against the wall-
Shattering me to the point of blindness
Though I cannot see with my eyes-
I can feel their cries
Knowing I always win-
Beating them
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111011110 1101111110011111110 111110111011111011 0111111 1101111111011 11111001101 1011110010 1101111 110111111101011 1011011011 11001010101100101 1111010101010 101 1111011011 1100101 11101011100101011111 1110101 1001101110 11101111 11111 10111 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 957 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 6, 9 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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A poem about looking in the mirror and not knowing its looking back
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