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Here is another poem on mirror. The narrator calls the mirror a ‘fibber’. How is this poem different from the poem by Sylvia Plath? Have a class discussion on the comparison in terms of the theme, the tone and the language used. Mirror, mirror, on t...

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Here is another poem on mirror. The narrator calls the mirror a ‘fibber’. How is this poem different from the poem by Sylvia Plath? Have a class discussion on the comparison in terms of the theme, the tone and the language used.

Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Can’t you show me tall and slim?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Must I look so bloody grim?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
You’re distorting my poor waist!
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
And why the heck am I defaced?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Why have I a double chin?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
And what’s the stupid, goofy grin?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Pointless asking ‘Who’s the fairest?
More bloody likely,,‘Who’s the queerest?

Now look, I paid a big bucks for thee,
So why can’t you be nice to me?
Mirror, mirror, on the wall.
Who’s the fairest of them all?
Me, you say? Ah, that’s better
Mirror, mirror, bloody fibber!

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Poem by Sylvia Plath - Another poem on mirror THEME

• Appearances            • Self-realisation

• Transiency of time    • Denial

• Transformation         • Self-pity

• Realisation of truth

TONE

• Somebre        • Humorous

• Unbiased       • Complaining

• Unprejudiced • Obsessive

LANGUAGE

• Figurative (metaphor, personification) • Sarcastic

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