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COMPREHENSIVE QUESTION
• Who is the speaker in this poem?
• What figure of speech is used here?
• What does the mirror say about itself ?
• Why does the lady look into the mirror or the lake?
• Is she satisfied with what she observes?
• What does she observe?
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A MIRROR
• It has no preconceived notions .
• It is not biased .
• It only reveals the truth .
• It gulps down whatever it sees.
• It has a keen sense of observation.
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POETIC DEVICES
(1)Personification
as a person
Eg :- I swallow, I meditate , I think
as a lake
Eg :-I am a lake, bends over me, searching my reaches
(2) Simile
Eg :- Rises towards her day after day like a terrible fish
(3) Metaphor
Eg :- The eye of a little god, four cornered
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(4) Alliteration
Eg :- Whatever I see I swallow
Most of the time I meditate
(5) Repetition
Eg :- Faces and darkness separate us over and over
Rises towards her day after day
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About the Poetess – Sylvia Plath
American poet and novelist whose best known works are preoccupied with alienation and with death and self destruction. She suffered from severe depression and underwent a period of
psychiatric hospitalization. The anxiety, confusion and doubt that haunted her were transmuted into
verses of great power and pathos.
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Who comes in between them?
Who rises towards the woman?
Is she happy? How does she react?
What is there in front of the mirror?
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Make a list of all the poetic devices used in the poem.
Write the characteristics of the Mirror.
Why the woman turns to the ‘liars’?