A Maiden To Her Mirror
He said he loved me! Then he called my hair
Silk threads wherewith sly Cupid strings his bow,
My cheek a rose leaf fallen on new snow;
And swore my round, full throat would bring despair
To Venus or to Psyche.
Time and care
Will fade these locks; the merry god, I know,
Uses no grizzled cords upon his bow.
How will it be when I, no longer fair,
Plead for his kiss with cheeks, whence long ago
The early snowflakes melted quite away,
The rose leaf died – and in whose sallow clay
Lie the deep sunken tracks of life’s gaunt crow?
When this full throat shall wattle fold on fold,
Like some ripe peach left drying on a wall,
Or like a spent accordion, when all
Its music has exhaled – will love grow cold?
a) Physical description- Clearly she is pale with rosy cheeks. She has fine hair and her neck I believe is long and beautiful. So this poem is filled with physical descriptions and allows us to picture this character clearly.
b) The things she says- By her talking about how she will be when she gets older can tell she is insecure about what will happen when she starts getting old. Where she says when her skin starts to not be fair and beautiful and when her neck becomes saggy like an accordion. She is worried he will not love her. You can tell she is insecure too by her thoughts because it never mentions him saying anything about her personality.
c)The things they do- This poem doesn't mention anything she does which could also show why she is scared because he never says anything about her accomplishments or successes.
d) The way other characters resond to them, including the things others say to or about them: This is about her boyfriend and everything he says is beautiful about her.
e) Their thoughts if these are shown- This I put as what she says, but this too could be about the poem itself. I do not know if this is what she is saying or thinking
Here I used this poem with the five steps of character and how we know them in Professor Corrigans handout.
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