Analysis of Ever Time I Look In Thee Mirror (Original Version)
Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)
Every Time I Look In The Mirror (Original Version)
Every time I look in thee, mirror,
I’m afraid of what I see.
The image which is reflecting back,
Bears no resemblance of me.
Could it be some subconscious process,
Running along on its course,
Trying to find the solution to,
Some uncontrollable force?
And if by chance it happens to find,
That which it has been seeking.
Would the realization bring joy
And cause my heart to sing?
The truth to the matter is simple,
When I get down to the fact,
Every time I look in thee mirror,
My self knows it’s you I lack
Edwin Tanguma 1/19/2004
| Scheme | x Abcb xdxd xexe xxAc x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001110010010010 1001110110 1011111 010110101 1101011 11110101 1001111 101100101 101001 011111011 1111110 10101011 011111 011010110 1111101 1001110110 1111111 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 596 |
| Words | 128 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Yeah…This one was written when I used punctuation and before I found my signet seal and my promotion…As IF such a thing really happened…
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