Analysis of Mirror
Dr. Bob Newport, Los Angeles, November 6, 2020 1939 (Rockford)
Mirror
Should you look into the mirror
On this election morn
And see, in bright and glittery light, hail fellow well met
And should you, should you just
Wonder about the nature of quicksilver, oh slippery, mercurial metal behind the mirror
And in your wondering, dig a little
You might see a dark underbelly clouding that hail fellow
And if you go a little deeper you may be surprised to see
Your spouse, your beloved,
Your children, your neighbor from across the tracks,
And even the fearsome others .... see them as well.
Now, my friend, take just one more layer off, one step further, and if you dare,
See
the bright light
of God.
Scheme | AABCDAEFGHIJKGLM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 11101010 110101 01010100111011 011111 10010101110110001001001010 0011001010 11101100101110 0111010101110111 11101 11011010101 010010101111 111111110111100111 1 011 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 620 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 498 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
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