The Man In The Glass Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH BDID| When you get what you want in your struggle for self | A |
| and the world makes you king for a day | B |
| Just go to the mirror and look at yourself | A |
| and see what that man has to say | B |
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| For it isn't your father or mother or wife | C |
| who judgment upon you must pass | D |
| The fellow whose verdict counts the most in your life | C |
| is the one staring back from the glass | D |
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| Some people may think you a straight shooting chum | E |
| and call you a wonderful guy | F |
| But the guy in the glass says you're only a bum | E |
| if you can't look him straight in the eye | F |
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| He's the fellow to please never mind all the rest | G |
| for he's with you clear up to the end | H |
| And you've passed your most dangerous difficult test | G |
| if the man in the glass is your friend | H |
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| You may fool the whole world down the pathway | B |
| of life and get pats on the back as pass | D |
| But your final reward will be heartaches and | I |
| tears if you've cheated the man in the glass | D |
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Nicole: My father gave this advice to me years ago. I was very young at the time. Now that he has been gone for several years, and I have grown older myself, I finally remembered, and realized the importance of his advice.
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