# A Crooked Looking Glass explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by James McIntyre.

## What happens

A short poem warning of the dangerous effects of seeing oneself in a crooked looking glass, featuring a maiden who cries out in horror and demands the true glass she bought from McIntyre.

## Character check-ins

### James McIntyre

Mentioned as the seller of the true glass the maiden seeks.

## Key lines

> A maiden cried, “Alas! With horror I’ll expire, Unless you bring me That true glass I bought of McIntyre.”

A young woman exclaims in distress that she will die of fright unless someone retrieves the accurate mirror she purchased from McIntyre.

_Highlights the central conflict of the poem: the maiden's horror at her distorted reflection and her demand for the correct mirror._

## Links

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