This is an analysis of the poem Mirror that begins with:

A white room and a party going on
and I was standing with some friends...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefadXefcdXddeceagfcbaXacXXahhccgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010101 11110011 10011110 1101010 100101 101010 11011011 010001 1011010 0101111 111110 11100010 01000111 01011 11010 010011 1000010 1111000010 1111110001 1101111 100111110 1010010 1110100000 110011 1011011 01001 1111010 11111110 11011100101 110010111 00011110010 11100001 10111010 0010010 0011110110 10001011 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 216
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of Mirror;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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