Honors English Ten Questions

Questions—“Mirror” by Sylvia Plath 1. How does the title assist in reading comprehension? 2. Why is personification an apt device for a mirror? 3. Why is a mirror indeed akin to “the eye of a little god”? 4. What might candles or the moon symbolize in the second stanza of the poem? Why? 5. What does the woman do each morning? 6. Why is a mirror indeed similar to a lake? Why is this similarity important to the second stanza? 7. What is an extended metaphor, and explain the extended metaphor of the second stanza. Additional Questions: Compose a level 3 question for the poem "Mirror". Find an object in your room or other part of your house. Examine it, and write a draft of a poem in which you personify it.