Sylvia Plath Through A Mirror
Mirror by Sylvia Plath is a brilliant poem created out of the complexity of the various uses of figures of speech. Through the use of metaphorical and figurative language Plath develops a poem with a literal meaning as well as a figurative one. This is a poem about the qualities and functions of a mirror, and its lack of "preconceptions" concerning physical appearance and a pure reflection of ones inner self. Plath uses personification throughout this poem in order to have a mirror describe its relationship with a woman. The narrator of the poem is a mirror. The mirror tells the reader, “. ... In this poem it is the mirror that possesses the ability to meditate, has a heart and secret reaches, all which are capabilities or characteristics of a living person. ... Through this poem Plath is speaking to the reader as a mirror.