“Mirrors,” by Sylvia Plath uses personification as the author is speaking as if she was a mirror. The author is observing a woman who is growing older, from a young woman to a progressing older lady. I love how the story is told using this effect of personification. I think if it was just a woman speaking about herself and her growing old, the poem would not be as strong, or as truthful. The mirror acts as the ultimate truth by reflecting exactly was “she” sees in this woman. I also think this poem could possibly an autobiographical poem, with Plath reflecting on her own life.
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