Demanding Reflection
Pretty faces do not do so well
A face can destroy a soul
The beautiful ones often rebel
One's moral will take its toll.
Mirrors, mirrors shut all of us in
We cannot, will not look away
The evil reflection starts to win
The pink turns to an ugly gray.
But we stare longingly,intently, hungrily on
For we do not want to disappoint
But we ourselves are already far gone
For this is our only breaking point.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAXA BCBC XDXD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 392 |
Words | 78 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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