Analysis of The Mirror
Yehudah HaLevi 1075 (Spain) – 1141 (Holy Land)
Into my eyes he lovingly looked,
My arms about his neck were twined,
And in the mirror of my eyes,
What but his image did he find?
Upon my dark-hued eyes he pressed
His lips with breath of passion rare.
The rogue! 'Twas not my eyes he kissed;
He kissed his picture mirrored there.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 011111001 11011101 00010111 11110111 01111111 11111101 01111111 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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