Mirror by sylvia plath line by line explanation
Mirror by sylvia plath literary devices!
Study Guide Prepared by Michael J. Cummings...© 2010
Type of Work and Year of Publication
......."Mirror" is a lyric poem in free verse.
Sylvia Plath wrote the poem in 1961. The London firm of Faber and Faber Ltd. published it in 1971, eight years after her death, as part of a collection entitled Crossing the Water.
Imagery in mirror by sylvia plath
The New York firm of Harper & Row published the collection later in the same year.
Theme
.......If you want to know the truth, be as objective and detached as a mirror. It reflects exactly what it sees without hiding flaws.
Whether you are evaluating an actor's performance, a meatloaf recipe, a religion, a political system, a Miss America candidate, a scientific theory, or yourself or another person, you must be "unmisted by love or dislike" (line 3).
Summary
Stanza 1
.......Speaking to the reader, a mirror hanging on a wall says it reflects exactly what i