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Analysis Of Mirror By Sylvia Plath

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Sylvia Plath had a troubled life. She tried to commit suicide once, but failed. She ended up marrying and having two kids, but the marriage ended in divorce. She later tried to commit suicide again, this time she succeeded. As seen in the poem Mirror, if we aren’t happy with our reflection or focus too much on finding ourselves through the mirror, we will end up losing ourselves and never find happiness, just like Plath. We need to find ourselves without looking in the mirror, because if we search for ourselves in the mirror, we will actually end up losing ourselves. The first thing the readers should consider in the poem is the title. The title of the poem is a major factor the reader should consider when reading this poem. The title of the poem helps the reader understand the speaker of the poem and helps portray the theme of the poem. The title tells us who the speaker of the poem is, which is the mirror. The first time reading the poem, I didn’t take into account the title, so it didn’t make sense. I read it a second time, looking more closely at the title and I realized that the title was the speaker. If the reader doesn’t know the speaker of the poem; the poem would be very difficult to understand. Looking at the title can help the reader know what the poem is about or in this case, know who the speaker is. The next thing the reader should consider when reading a poem is the theme. The theme of finding ourselves is related to the smaller themes of love and

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