“Mirror,” by Sylvia Plath, is a poem about the terrible difficulty of truth, particularly the inexorable process of age and time. The context of old age is explored in this poem. One of the key elements of the poem includes the speaker or character of the poem that Plath chose to explore the context. The mirror sees the woman examining herself from day to day. It is a known fact that the mirror thinks it is accurate in its judgment. The very language used by the mirror makes it clear that the mirror is correct in its judgment: “I am silver and exact. ” Yet, it is interesting to note that it is also said to be “free from love or aversion”; this claim is later doubted when the mirror calls the moon and the candles "liars". Metaphorically, Plath points out that she is a reflection of her parents and is constantly separated from them. The poem “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath reflects many different ideas and thoughts. His poem is dark, full of doom and only sees the world from a pessimistic point of view. Given Plath's background, it's understandable that the poem is full of dark ideas and crazy nightmares. In this specific poem, Plath uses imagery, personification, metaphors and expresses all of her emotions that were intended to be placed in this poem which are examined by critics. The poetic devices used in this poem, as stated by critics, are described. Personification is used extensively in this poem, which is a particular type of simile, closely related to metaphor which gives life or human characteristics to inanimate objects or abstract ideas (Kirzner 767). Imagery is a language that evokes a physical sensation produced by one or more of the five senses: sight, hearing...... middle of paper ...... the lake being metaphorical and using Narcissus as an example also demonstrated the subject of the poems. Plath wanted to stay young, but if she had, she would not have been able to experience life's later experiences and the joy of growing old with a hint of wisdom. John Wakeman's examination of the devices used in the poem included personification, imagery, allusion, metaphor, and rhyme scheme. His criticism was inert in relation to that of Drennan and that of Hinkle. Although his use of the examples used in the poem was different, he still revised the free verse rhyme scheme. The final line of the poem "rises to her day after day, like a terrible fish" shows the use of personification, allusions, images and metaphors about how if the woman had not spent so many time tormenting herself because of her wrinkles, she could have had a happier life and would not have wasted her youth.