Mirror by Sylvia Plath

"I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.

Whatever I see I swallow immediately"

"I" refers to....

• The poet

• A woman

• A god

• The mirror

" A woman bends over me,

Searching my reaches for what she really is.

Then she turns to those liars, the candle or the moon."

What is the woman bending over?

• The mirror

• The lake

• The moon and the candles

• The opposite wall

The use of swallow in line 2 is an example of personification. What effect does it have on the poem?

• It conveys the way the mirror completely consumes whatever it see.

• It reveeals how hungry tthe mirror is for new images to consume.

• It explains why the mirror has grown tired of seeing the same things.

• It sugges the mirror reflects anything blocking its view of the wall.

The metaphor "eye of a little god" in line 5 gives the impression that the mirror....

• Controls all

• Is cruel

• Is serious

• Sees all

The poem shifts in the second stanza by ....

• revealing the mirror's feelings of anger

• exploring the godlike nature of the mirror

• Focusing on the woman's reactions

• Comparing the light with the darkness

The mirror says it is "not cruel, only _______."

• Truthful

• Lying

• Faithful

• Understanding

When the mirror is being described as being "unmisted by love or dislike,"we understand that the mirror

• is silver in color

• is not misted

• is not prejudicedd and unbiased

• has four angles

When the poet says that the mirror has no preconceptions it means....

• It does not care what the other person thinks of it.

• It gives an unbiased and truthful view of the person.

• It reflects your image vaguely.

• It is emotionally involved with the person whose image it reflects .

Who is the speaker in this poem?

• Sylvia Plath

• The poet

• The mirror

• The woman

Which word best characterizes the speaker in the first stanza of the poem?

• Sympathetic

• Annoyed

• Objective

• Critical