Analysis of The Man in the Glass
When you get what you want in your struggle for self
and the world makes you king for a day
Just go to the mirror and look at yourself
and see what that man has to say
For it isn't your father or mother or wife
who judgment upon you must pass
The fellow whose verdict counts the most in your life
is the one staring back from the glass
Some people may think you a straight-shooting chum
and call you a wonderful guy
But the guy in the glass says you're only a bum
if you can't look him straight in the eye
He's the fellow to please never mind all the rest
for he's with you clear up to the end
And you've passed your most dangerous difficult test
if the man in the glass is your friend
You may fool the whole world down the pathway
of life and get pats on the back as pass
But your final reward will be heartaches and
tears if you've cheated the man in the glass.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH BDXD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111111011011 001111101 11101001101 01111111 111011011011 11001111 010110101011 101101101 11011101101 01101001 101001111001 111111001 101011101101 111111101 011111001001 101001111 111011101 1101110111 1110011110 1111001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 852 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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