I will compare are: "Blackberrying" and "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath.

... Sylvia Plath Poems The two poems that I will compare are: "Blackberrying" and "Mirror" by Sylvia Plath. Both the poems show a sense of loneliness in the poet's life but are put together quite differently. The poem "Blackberrying" starts of with rich sensuous description but has a depressed feeling. This is created from the very start of the poem as it begins with a very negative word, "Nobody". The poem could be about a time when Sylvia Plath went blackberrying but I think that is about her life and her thoughts on life because the words used wouldn't make clear sense unless there was a "hidden meaning". The use of alliteration in the first line, "Nobody and nothing", gives the instant feel of being alone. She uses the word "blackberries" many times in the first few lines; this creates an atmosphere of 'vastness' and brings out the feeling of loneliness even

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