Mirror by Sylvia Plath

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• The woman

• A mirror

• A god

• The lake

The following line is an example of _____

Line 2: "Whatever I see I swallow immediately"

• Personification, It implies that the mirror consumes whatever it sees

• Simile: It is comparing the mirror something that sees

• Metaphor: It is comparing the mirror without using 'like' or 'as'

The metaphor "eye of a little god" implies that the mirror

• Can see

• is mean or cruel

• Is all knowing

• Controls everything

The woman eventually turns away from the mirror, preventing her from seeing her true self (Line 12). What does she turn to instead?

• The lake

• candles, or the moon

• tears and agitation of hands

• the wall (it is pink with speckles)

When the woman sees herself and responds with "tears, and agitation of hands" we can tell that the mirror...

• doesn't like when the woman walks by it

• has made the woman cry because of her aging appearance

• doesn't care, or is indifferent, toward the woman

Read the following line: "I am important to her. She comes and goes". This shows that the mirror is...

• arrogant

• negative

• sarcastic

• earnest

The second stanza of the poem is mainly about...

• the mirror's feelings

• how the mirror knows everything

• the lake, and how the woman interacts with it

• the terrible fish, and how the woman hates it

The author uses the word drowned in Line 17 to suggest...

• that the woman drowned in the lake

• the woman accepts that she is aging

• the woman is unhappy about her failed marriage

• the passing of time

What is the structure of the poem?

• Haiku

• Free Verse

• Sonnet

• Limerick

The last line of the poem is a simile that suggests...

• the woman is becoming a more terrible person

• the woman is becoming as ugly as a fish

• the woman slowly loses her youth over time.