Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror - meaning Summary
Perception Versus External Judgment
The poem contrasts an objective, cruel reflection with a tender human appraisal to show how worth is shaped by perception. A young girl hears the mirror call her "ugly," yet she smiles because a blind boy earlier called her "beautiful." The scene suggests that kindness and personal connections can override harsh external judgments, and that beauty is as much felt and given as it is seen.
Read Complete AnalysesA young spring-tender girl combed her joyous hair 'You are very ugly' said the mirror. But, on her lips hung a smile of dove-secret loveliness, for only that morning had not the blind boy said, 'You are beautiful'?
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