Analysis of The mirror
Linda Walker 1959 (Dover)
Do I really know what it is that I see when I cast thy eye towards thee?
Do you really reflect the real me or just make thy eyes believe?
Can I trust this vision that doth appear before thee?
Or should thy tread with care and not be deceived at what you perceive?
You are thy past and thy future and therefore shall be thy guide.
You are thy image, you are thy, someone I find and someone thy hide.
In you thy must have faith to find thy inner sole, strength and pride.
With you thy must walk through life, step by step, stride by stride.
Linda walker 23/2/12.
| Scheme | ABAB CCCC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110111111111111011 1110010111111101 1111101101011 1111110110111101 11110110011111 111101111110111 011111111101101 1111111111111 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 552 |
| Words | 111 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
| Words per line (avg) | 12 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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