Stranger in the Mirror
+*Stranger in The Mirror*+
I looked in the mirror, this morning
That person looked
somewhat like me
The image, perceived
just will not be
the one I was hoping to see
When I see my photo,
it's no-one I know
A stranger is looking right back
You've made it clear
that's the way I appear,
but it's hard to take that as a fact!
When others deduce who I am,
Their description fits
some other man
The man in my mind
is of some other kind
I'm wondering now, who I am!
About this poem
It's about self mage as opposed to reality of others.
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Written on March 05, 2023
Submitted by lenadrwilson on March 05, 2023
Modified on March 11, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 473 |
Words | 105 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6 |
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