John Mark Goeke
Mirror
In Sylvia Plath’s poem, “Mirrors”, what at first seems to be a clever riddle is later revealed as
far more significant through Plath’s effective utilization of an inanimate object (a mirror, none
the less) to offer inciteful commentary on appearance, time, and overall change. This
commentary is masterfully established through use of repetitive phrases, symbols, imagery,
and perhaps most importantly, overarching personification that begins even in the first line of
the poem…
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