Analysis of Mirror

Desiree Brooks

I'm in the mirror again
Gave my all to my man
What I got, was abuse
Even our children misused
I'm in the mirror again
My dignity is in shams
My self respect almost none
Can't hardly raise our two sons
I'm in the mirror again
I understand that I ran
I've got a chance to recant
If I'll give up this damn man
I'm in the mirror again

Scheme AbcdAcefAbgbA
Poetic Form
Metre 1001001 111111 111101 10101001 1001001 1100101 110111 11011011 1001001 101111 1101101 1111111 1001001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 318
Words 69
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 254
Words per stanza (avg) 69
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Desiree Brooks

I am a nurse and a mother of three grown children. I have been writing poetry since I was a teenager. I love expressing myself on paper. I am a pastor's wife. We pastor a small church in Media, Pa. We are presently debating with a group of people on U-Tube who say that the world will end on May 21, 2011. Our U-Tube channel is, pastorBillandDesi more…

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