The next binary oppositions could be discovered within the “Mirror”: Actual vs. inexact; Having no Preconceptions vs. having preconceptions; Unmisted by judgment vs. misted by judgment; Form vs. merciless; Truthful vs. untruthful; Godliness vs. earthliness; Sincere vs. liar; Trustworthy vs. untrue; Essential vs. unimportant.
These binary oppositions reveal a foremost pair that may be the primary theme of the poem as nicely, that’s Fact vs. dishonesty. Within the first stanza of the poem that could be a monologue by the mirror commenting by itself qualities, most of those binaries reveal themselves. The poem begins with mirror claiming that it’s truthful, simply and free from any preconceptions. It additionally stresses by itself truthfulness, honesty and faithfulness. All these claims appear to be the privileged members of the pair, since firstly the poem is thru the standpoint of the mirror, who claims to have all these qualities and we settle for as a licensed narrator.
Secondly plainly in a lot of the cultures mirror has a optimistic connotation, symbolizing reality and honesty and the prevalence of reality over lie is acknowledged universally; moreover the assertion of being a God ensures the precedence of different qualities of the mirror within the different opposed pairs talked about above. Consequently it may be mentioned that each one the qualities of the mirror are collectively advantaged and supreme, so represent the privileged elements of the binary opposed phrases.