Analysis of Images In My Mirror



Images in my mirror seem like strangers that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a hint for me.
Images in my mirror seem like wrinkles that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a line for me.
Images in my mirror seem like phantoms that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a ghost for me.
Images in my mirror seem like bulges that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a pound for me.
Images in my mirror seem like actors that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a part for me.
Images in my mirror seem like whiskers that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a hair for me.
Images in my mirror seem like face-paints that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a guise for me.
Images in my mirror seem like ancients that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a year for me.
Images in my mirror seem like furrows that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a crease for me.
Images in my mirror seem like strangers that appear.
When I look internally they don't spare a hint for me.


Scheme ABababababababababAB
Poetic Form
Metre 10001101110101 11101001110111 10001101110101 11101001110111 10001101110101 11101001110111 10001101110101 11101001110111 10001101110101 11101001110111 10001101110101 11101001110111 10001101111101 11101001110111 10001101110101 11101001110111 1000110111101 11101001110111 10001101110101 11101001110111
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,055
Words 200
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 844
Words per stanza (avg) 200
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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