What are the poetic devices used in Syliva Plaths' Poem

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The poem is called "Mirror", if you could answer this ASAP that would be great :)

Asked by Phoebe T #763193 on 3/1/2018 1:02 AM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 3/3/2018 5:26 AM

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 3/1/2018 1:08 AM

The main literary device used in Plath's poem, Mirror, is personification. Each line of the poem personifies the mirror, giving it human traits.

Whatever I see, I swallow immediately.

Meaning...... the mirror swallows the reflection.

Plath also uses hyperbole or exaggeration.....

Now I am a lake.

One last example is Plath's use of simile.

Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish.

In this, she compares the woman reflected in the mirror to a fish.

Mirror