Analysis of Thee Mirror
Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)
Every time I look in the mirror
I’m afraid of what I see
The image that is reflecting back
Bears no resemblance of me
Could it be my subconscious mind
Running along on its course
Trying to rind the answers to
Some uncontrollable force
The truth of the matter is simple
When I get down to the fact
Every time I look in thee mirror
My heart knows it’s you I lack
Edwin Tanguma Aka Dagesh So long ago
| Scheme | ABCB XDXD XXAC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001110010 1011111 010110101 1101011 11110101 1001111 10110101 101001 011010110 1111101 1001110110 1111111 100101011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 423 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Well…I wrote this one so long ago yet it is still fresh in my memory…I reposted it off of the top of my head…It is a rather memorable poem for me for a very special dear friend…I hope anyone who reads it enjoys it…I don’t remember exactly when I wrote this one…but I do believe it was composed in the live poetry.com digichat chatroom…I just used todays date when I was asked for a date…I believe I have even reposted it on poemhunter.com…I am not quite sure of “The image that or which is reflecting back”Which one seems proper to any of you readers???I believe it should be the “which” is reflecting back…It is a m very old poem…Proverbs 27:19 is a good scripture to reflect upon…
Written on November 27, 2023
Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on November 27, 2023
Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on November 27, 2023
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