Mirror Plath

All of the following are words used to describe the mirror in “Mirror” EXCEPT:

• Silver

• Exact

• Ornate

• Four-cornered

What is the most accurate meaning of the phrase “an agitation of hands” in “Mirror”?

• The woman is wringing her hands.

• The woman is waving her hands.

• The woman is clapping her hands.

• None of the above

Which of the following is a metaphor?

• I am a lake.

• I am silver and exact

• A woman bends over me

• Like a terrible fish

______ When turning to those liars, the candles or the moon in line 12, the woman — 

• avoids discovering her true self  

• recognizes her true identity  

• sees her true physical beauty  

• sees her true physical beauty  

  hopes to hear the truth about herself 

The following line is an example of _____

Line 2: "Whatever I see I swallow immediately"

• Personification, It implies that the mirror consumes whatever it sees

• Simile: It is comparing the mirror something that sees

• Metaphor: It is comparing the mirror without using 'like' or 'as'

The metaphor "eye of a little god" implies that the mirror

• Can see

• is mean or cruel

• Is all knowing

• Controls everything

The woman eventually turns away from the mirror, preventing her from seeing her true self (Line 12). What does she turn to instead?

• The lake

• candles, or the moon

• tears and agitation of hands

• the wall (it is pink with speckles)

The last line of the poem is a simile that suggests...

• the woman is becoming a more terrible person

• the woman is becoming as ugly as a fish

• the woman slowly loses her youth over time.

What are the two things that break up the mirror's gaze at the wall opposite it "over and over" ?

• sunrise and daylight

• the moon and candles

• people passing by and night time

• time and age

What is the guiding simile in this poem? What is the author comparing to a mirror?

• a gold frame

• a lake

• mist

• they are friends