All of Victorian verse is pentameter.
The mirror is believed the way a poem is believed. It's believed because it's there.
The word and the shadow of the word / makes a thing both itself and something else / till we are metaphors and not ourselves . . .
There's always more to see.
The first thing we have to do is get rid of the pentameter. To ditch the pentameter.
Americans are not brought up with meter. They're not brought up with poetry. If you try to get them to recite, they're too embarrassed.