Analysis of Face in the Mirror
Mainak Dhar 1974 (Kohima)
Childhood years spent imagining,
infinite possibilities ahead.
Little time or thought given,
to the path you really want to tread.
Youth of disappearing choices,
things you can never be or have.
Till one day you see in the mirror,
a stranger staring back.
Rest of your life spent reconciling,
the chasm in your mind,
between the face in the mirror,
and the dreams you left behind.
| Scheme | ABXB XXCX ADCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1110100 100010001 1011110 101110111 1101010 11110111 111110010 010101 11111100 010011 01010010 0011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 384 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
About growing up, making the pragmatic and sensible choices we often make, and what happens to the dreams we once had.
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