Mirror

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Mirror

• Sylvia Plath

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The authors Background

• Birth date October 27, 1932
• Death date February 11, 1963
• Born in Massachusetts
• she studied at Smith College and Newnham College,
  Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a
  professional poet and writer.
• She was married to Ted Hughes.

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Genre and Form

• Genre
• Confessional poetry

• Form
• Free Verse
• This poem is written in free verse, which means
  that it has no set pattern of rhythm or rhyme.

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Questions (6, 7, 8)

• How does the language of the poem contribute to
  its meaning?
• For language of used in this poem is sorrow but
  yet salvation. For at first lost out then grows
  up into a woman whos found salvation on her own
• How is the poem organized?
• This poem is written in free verse, which means
  that it has no set pattern of rhyme.
• Do patterns of rhyme and rhythm contribute to
  meaning and effect of the poem?
• The poem holds rhythm but not rhyme, either
  way with one the poem can function with just one.

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Questions (3, 5, 9)

• What is the dramatic context of the poem?
• For the reason of the poem is a girl being broken
  hearted but growing up into a full grown woman.
• What motivates the speaker to speak now, in the
  tone he/she uses?
• For past life and hoping for the future is what
  might have inspired her into writing such
  attention grabbing words.
• What theme does the poem contain?
• The theme is realization, much like an
  epiphany.

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Questions (1,2, 4)

• Who is talking?
• The mirror is the speaker in the poem.
• To whom is the speaker talking?
• The speaker speaks to those who can relate to her
  words.
• What happens during the poem?
• At first she's lost and broken, but yet she
  manages to shine. She manages yet glow even
  though shes down and alone.

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Question 10

• What was your initial response to the poem?
• The poem confused us, because at first she was
  one thing and then in second the part she was
  something different.
• How was your new poem improve the message of the
  original?
• The speaker of this poem was young grew into a
  woman leaving the past behind.

• Staring the image
• For she knows she alone
• Cries for help
• Young and true
• Holds life dear
• Lost in the shadows
• Her tears shine
• Though she feels hope
• I stand and gaze
• Upon what I once knew
• For then I know what I must become
• As I peel away this picture
• I see something new
• For woman stare back
• She seems happy
• Alone but satisfied
• She catches every tear
• With every second that she breathes
• Her once lonely and sad life