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1. By Sylvia Plath

2.  Stanza
 Lines
 Type of form
 Rhyme

3.  Stanza - two
 Lines - nine
 Type of form- free
 Rhyme- no rhyme

4.  To explain what about truth?
 To show the passing of _____
 Portrays the human desire for the ________ of
others in the quest for _________
 It explains the coldness of truth
 Shows the passing of time through old age
 Portrays the human desire for the approval of
others in the quest for indentity

5.  What person is used?
 Who is the speaker?
 What is significant about title and the speaker?

6.  By allowing the mirror to be the speaker, it acts
in the way of a riddle. The title is the answer to
the riddle, but the reader continues to look in
the poem for the accuracy of the mirror’s
description.
 As the mirror talks about itself, it acts as its
own mirror.

7.  What are the human attributes given to the
mirror?
 What are the human actions?
 By having these human characteristics, how
does that make the reader feel towards the
mirror?
 What is the irony of the mirror calling itself
“the eye of a little god”?

8.  What are the human attributes given to the mirror?
 Truthful, no preconceptions, not cruel, not bias
 What are the human actions?
 Swallows, meditates, looks,
 By having these human characteristics, how does
that make the reader feel towards the mirror? It
makes it seem relatable as we often find ourselves
judging
 What is the irony of the mirror calling itself “the
eye of a little god”? We see the fault of this
supercilious being