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The Mirror

Trevor McLeod

Rhymed
The mirror that most offends you
is the one that says good luck
When it's there to say I lied to
what you're sure to want to cluck

And you only think believing
is the time you spent in front
When the time you spent to find it
is the price you paid in shunt

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Vanity's lie

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Written on March 20, 2022

Submitted by Poetbird on March 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABAB XCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 257
Words 56
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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