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The personified mirror is “silver” (in appearance) and “exact” (it reflects the image accurately). By itself the mirror does what it is supposed to do, it mirrors. Not being opinionated, it is unbiased, reflecting the image exactly as it is. Traditionally the poem has been considered to deal with theContinue Reading

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“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.Whatever I see I swallow immediatelyJust as it is, unmisted by love or dislike.I am not cruel, only truthful‚The eye of a little god, four-cornered.Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.It is pink, with speckles.Continue Reading

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Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” is a highly controversial and widely anthologized modern poem, published posthumously in 1965 in the collection named Ariel. Plath is considered one of the prominent figures of the confessional school of poetry and “Daddy” is a prominent specimen of that poetic genre. Here Plath directly unmasks very personalContinue Reading

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Ariel By Sylvia Plath Stasis in darkness. Then the substanceless blue    Pour of tor and distances. God’s lioness,    How one we grow, Pivot of heels and knees!—The furrow Splits and passes, sister to    The brown arc Of the neck I cannot catch, Nigger-eye    Berries cast dark    Hooks— Black sweet blood mouthfuls,   Continue Reading

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Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) was a prominent American poet, novelist, and short story writer, best known for her intense, emotionally charged works that explore themes of identity, mental illness, and death. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Plath demonstrated literary talent from a young age and published her first poem at the ageContinue Reading