summary of the poem the mirror
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This poem is written in free verse and is divided into two stanzas. In the first stanza the narrator is a mirror and in the second stanza, it is a lake (a reflecting surface which acts like mirror).
In this poem, a mirror describes its existence and its owner, who grows older as the mirror watches.
The narrator, mirror describes itself as “silver and exact.” It forms no judgments, instead merely swallowing what it sees and reflecting that image back without any alteration. The mirror is not cruel, “only truthful.” It considers itself a four-cornered eye of a god, which sees everything for what it is.
The mirror says it spends most of its time looking at a pink wall across from it. It is as if the wall has become part of it—its heart. The image of the wall is interrupted only by people who enter to look at themselves and the darkness that comes with night.
In the second, a mirror as reflecting surface continues that it reflects anything ‘just as it is’. The reflection is precise and accurate. It provides an exact picture of the thing in front of it. Feelings can often influence how we perceive a certain object or person. Often such a perception may be inaccurate or untrue. But a mirror does not allow its reflections to be clouded by feelings such as love or dislike. Hence its reflections are ‘unmisted’ and dispassionate.
Because of this untrue nature, the woman cries and wrings her hands. Nevertheless, she cannot refrain from visiting the mirror over and over again, every morning. Over the years, the woman has “drowned a young girl” in the mirror, and now sees in her reflection an old woman growing older by the day. This old woman rises toward her out of the mirror like “a terrible fish.”
In this poem, a mirror describes its existence and its owner, who grows older as the mirror watches.
The narrator, mirror describes itself as “silver and exact.” It forms no judgments, instead merely swallowing what it sees and reflecting that image back without any alteration. The mirror is not cruel, “only truthful.” It considers itself a four-cornered eye of a god, which sees everything for what it is.
The mirror says it spends most of its time looking at a pink wall across from it. It is as if the wall has become part of it—its heart. The image of the wall is interrupted only by people who enter to look at themselves and the darkness that comes with night.
In the second, a mirror as reflecting surface continues that it reflects anything ‘just as it is’. The reflection is precise and accurate. It provides an exact picture of the thing in front of it. Feelings can often influence how we perceive a certain object or person. Often such a perception may be inaccurate or untrue. But a mirror does not allow its reflections to be clouded by feelings such as love or dislike. Hence its reflections are ‘unmisted’ and dispassionate.
Because of this untrue nature, the woman cries and wrings her hands. Nevertheless, she cannot refrain from visiting the mirror over and over again, every morning. Over the years, the woman has “drowned a young girl” in the mirror, and now sees in her reflection an old woman growing older by the day. This old woman rises toward her out of the mirror like “a terrible fish.”
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In this poem, the mirror the poetess wants to convey that a mirror tells the truth about a person impartially. Its judgment is not marred by emotions like love or dislike. It doesn’t have preconceived notions about anyone and reflects back the image very objectively. It also has the power to absorb what it sees.
The poet has compared the mirror to a four-cornered God because firstly it is square or rectangle and like God it watches from its four angles. The Mirror spends its time meditating on the opposite wall that has been painted pink. It has grown very close to its heart because of its long association with it. The relationship between the Mirror and the wall is subject to separation caused by darkness brought about each night and faces who move between them.
The poetess uses the image of a lake to convey her thoughts. A woman searches in the depths of the lake for her identity. When she cannot accept the reality, she gets very upset and turns to the candles and the moon because they show her what she wants to see. The mirror is rewarded with sad tears for being truthful. The Mirror is very important to this woman.
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In this poem, the mirror the poetess wants to convey that a mirror tells the truth about a person impartially. Its judgment is not marred by emotions like love or dislike. It doesn’t have preconceived notions about anyone and reflects back the image very objectively. It also has the power to absorb what it sees.
The poet has compared the mirror to a four-cornered God because firstly it is square or rectangle and like God it watches from its four angles. The Mirror spends its time meditating on the opposite wall that has been painted pink. It has grown very close to its heart because of its long association with it. The relationship between the Mirror and the wall is subject to separation caused by darkness brought about each night and faces who move between them.
The poetess uses the image of a lake to convey her thoughts. A woman searches in the depths of the lake for her identity. When she cannot accept the reality, she gets very upset and turns to the candles and the moon because they show her what she wants to see. The mirror is rewarded with sad tears for being truthful. The Mirror is very important to this woman.
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