This is an analysis of the poem The Looking Glass that begins with:

Getting a man to love you is easy
Only be honest about your wants as...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbccbXcdXXeXcffdegacXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001011010 1001001111 1011010101 1111010101 1010111111 1010100011 1010100010 0010110010 010011010111 1010101011 10001010111 1111101111 1111110010 1101010101 0110101111 1011101110 0101010110 0111001100 1010011111 0110100111 1111011110 0111011111 1011100111 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1005
  • Average number of words per stanza: 184
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Looking Glass;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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