'Poetry says more about the psychic life of an age than any other art. Poetry is a place where all the fundamental questions are asked about the human condition'. These words by Charles Simic are true. Poetry express' the very concept of being human in a way unlike to any other form of art. Poetry allows us to express ourselves. Poetry creates magic when it allows a person to recongise a thought or feeling they have experienced through the words of somebody else. Poetry grants us with the tools to bring our personal thoughts and experiences to life. The use of poetic techniques such as form, imagery, symbolisim, methaphors, similes and personification allow the poet to translate these experiences to the reader. These techniques enable the …show more content…
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It becomes almost an obsessive relationship between the mirror and the women because she looks to the mirror for comfort only to (be) confronted with the truth about (her) youth wasting away.' (wordpress (2013)). The woman herself has given the mirror these 'God-like powers' over her. The line 'I am important to her... Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness.' (Astley, 2002, p.203) 'suggest that the woman constantly returns to something of significance.' (the English Tutor, Mirror – Sylvia Plath (october 2008)). Viewing the image in the miror is extremily important to the woman. The phrases 'over and over' and 'day after day' also suggest an almost obsession with the ritual of looking into the mirror. The line 'Searching my reaches for what she really is.' (Astley, 2002, p.203) suggests that the woman is not only looking to see her outer reflection but for something deeper. Her inner self. This phrase is better suited to the image of a lake as a lake physically has more depth than a mirror. It almost incites you to create an image of a women plunging into water searching for