Like Plath’s mirror poem below, this (altogether shorter) poem is spoken by the mirror itself, announcing that it stands between the spectator and their eyes and ‘collects no interest’. A cryptic imagist poem thus becomes a poem about ‘self-reflection’ in both senses.Įlizabeth Bishop, ‘ To Be Written on the Mirror in Whitewash’. But reflection is one of the interpretations of the poem that have been proposed – namely, that the short imagist masterpiece ‘The Pool’ describes the poet coming face-to-face with her own mirror-image in the surface of the water. To be honest, this poem doesn’t mention mirrors, and may not even be about reflections. Keep smile be happy.In this poem, the great-grand-niece of Samuel Taylor Coleridge describes a speaker’s confrontation of a strange image in her mirror – an image which is some dark version of herself, possessed of ‘womanly despair’… Thanks for visiting us, Share on Whatsapp status, Facebook, Instagram, and social media platforms. ~ Suzanne CollinsĮvery man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow. I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not. The pure heart is a spotless mirror in which images of infinite beauty are reflected. I’m sending this mirror selfie to NASA because I’m a star! When I look in the mirror, I never see a handsome chap or the person people think I am. Our belief system is just like a mirror that only shows us what we believe.– Don Miguel Ruizīefore you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory. We only see what we want to see we only hear what we want to hear. I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, ‘Wow, I’m really great-looking.’… I think I’m the greatest, anyway. The mirror is the worst judge of true beauty I stare at the mirror as I try to remember who I am and who I am not.īeauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror. No filter, all the filters, or just a dirty mirror? Mirrors are ice that does not melt: what melts are those who admire themselves in them. Poetry is a mirror that makes beautiful that which is distorted. I take my spirit and I crash my mirrors, now the whole world is here for me to see. I used to live in a room full of mirrors all I could see was me. To live without mirrors is to live without the self. To keep your truth in sight you must keep yourself in sight and the world to you should be a mirror to reflect you your image the world should be a mirror that you reflect upon. It is when you lose sight of yourself, that you lose your way. Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the naughtiest of them all? ~ Sara Shepard You mirror what the world mirrors on you. Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it. I learned, when I look in the mirror and tell my story, that I should be myself and not peep at whatever everybody is doing.– Kendrick Lamar Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life. Somewhere they live, somewhere they multiply. With every acquaintance I make, the population of phantoms resembling me increases. ~ Jean Cocteauįor I do not exist: there exist but the thousands of mirrors that reflect me. Mirrors should think longer before they reflect. When you look good and your mirror knows it. That person you see in the mirror is your reflection, it shows that even if everybody ignores you it will always stick around with you. Never look down on yourself when the whole world turn against you, just look in the mirror then you’ll find out that you’re not alone. If you want to know why Lisp doesn’t win around you, find a mirror. If you don’t like what you see, then you’ve done something. If you’re cool with me, I’m cool with you, and the exchange starts. The heart of the wise, like mirrors, should reflect all objects without being sullied by any. I often stood in front of the mirror alone, wondering how ugly a person could get. Mirrors - because not every friend is photo trained.Īll I can do now is cover the mirrors.~ Helene Aylon You don’t comb the mirror, you comb your own hair, and the mirror changes. The reflection that we see every day has nothing to do with how others see us. I know that mirrors give us a false sense of confidence.
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