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Who is the speaker of this poem?
The mirror is personified.
"I am silver and exact".
What is the mirror's personality?
Neutral: "truthful" "exact".
Where is the mirror's location?
In Plath's bedroom: "Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. It is pink with speckles".
How is the theme of passing time delivered?
The ageing process: "An old woman Rises towards her day after day".
"Faces and darkness separate us over and over".
How is Plath disgusted by the way she looks in the mirror?
"She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands".
What pretence does Plath use to try conceal her aging face?
"She turns to those liars, the candles or the moon". (In attempt to soften the merciless light and hide her flaws)
What image of water suggests that Plath is searching for more than beauty and youth and perhaps her soul?
"Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me, Searching my reaches for what she really is".
How can we tell Plath is obsessed with her mirror?
Refers to it as a "little god", implying that she worships it and self obsessed.
"I am important to her". "Comes and goes". "Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness".
What disturbing and self deprecative image shows how poorly Plath depicts herself?
"Terrible fish".
What are some other themes in this poem visible?
Colour, femininity and negativity.
