I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. Whatever I see I swallow immediately Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. I am not cruel, only truthful— The eye of a little god, four-cornered. Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers. Faces and darkness separate us over and over. Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me, Searching my reaches for what she really is. Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon. I see her back, and reflect it faithfully. She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands. I am important to her. She comes and goes. Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness. In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish. main idea written like a 8th grader shorten

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I  am  silver  and  exact.  I  have  no  preconceptions. Whatever  I  see  I  swallow  immediately Just  as  it  is,  unmisted  by  love  or  dislike. I  am  not  cruel,  only  truthful— The  eye  of  a  little  god,  four-cornered. Most  of  the  time  I  meditate  on  the  opposite  wall. It  is  pink,  with  speckles.  I  have  looked  at  it  so  long I  think  it  is  a  part  of  my  heart.  But  it  flickers. Faces  and  darkness  separate  us  over  and  over. Now  I  am  a  lake. A  woman  bends  over  me, Searching  my  reaches  for  what  she  really  is. Then  she  turns  to  those  liars,  the  candles  or  the  moon. I  see  her  back,  and  reflect  it  faithfully. She  rewards  me  with  tears  and  an  agitation  of  hands. I  am  important  to  her.  She  comes  and  goes. Each  morning  it  is  her  face  that  replaces  the  darkness. In  me  she  has  drowned  a  young  girl,  and  in  me  an  old  woman Rises  toward  her  day  after  day,  like  a  terrible  fish.  main idea written like a 8th grader shorten

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The main idea of the poem is about a mirror reflecting the truth without bias or emotion. The mirror observes a woman who struggles with her changing appearance over time.