Mirror, by Sylvia Plath - review.

... "Mirror" Mirror, by Sylvia Plath is one of the best examples to show how valid, vanity is in a woman's life. I think this is one of, if not the oldest poem from all of which we have read. For a start her name, being Sylvia is quite old-fashioned and not often heard of now, but the most obvious clue to the date, which I can pick out is her use of language and how serious and deep the poem is. It is not so much formal or informal, but just very descriptive with words that I wouldn't expect in a more recent poem. The whole poem seems very serious, meaningful and quite personal to her. She is able to describe the situations very precisely using great metaphors throughout. The first stanza describes a mirror using personification. This makes it seem like the mirror is talking and giving its appearance and

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