The diction/imagery patterns show a positive side to the mirror. The mirror is “exact,” “no preconceptions,” “unmisted by love or dislike,” and “truthful.” The negative side is shown when the mirror describes its relationship with the woman, for example, “turns to those liars,” “rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands,” “drowned,” and “terrible fish.”
The line, “I am silver and exact,” is the first line that shows that the mirror is the narrator. The mirror cannot show anything that is not right in front of it. The line, “the eye of a little god, four cornered,” show us the details of the mirror. I think this line is to help the readers connect the title to the poem.
The mirror changes in the second stanza by describing a woman
The line, “I am silver and exact,” is the first line that shows that the mirror is the narrator. The mirror cannot show anything that is not right in front of it. The line, “the eye of a little god, four cornered,” show us the details of the mirror. I think this line is to help the readers connect the title to the poem.
The mirror changes in the second stanza by describing a woman