Mirror poem analysis

In the poem “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath, the poem shows the point of view of the the person looking in the mirror, and the mirror itself criticizing the person. The mirror later turns into a reflective river. The women staring at the mirror, which could be Sylvia, is almost prejudice towards herself. The subject of the poem is the struggle to find yourself, even as you grow older, and begin to realize that your appearance is changing. The poem targets women who have begun to feel insecure, as their looks begin to fade, and it tackles the them of going through a midlife crisis.

The mirror is conspired to a lake, because of it’s reflective surface. And a mirror can even be compared to a human, because it exposes your insecurities, but it can also admire itself. The mirror can almost be seen as to criticize, the woman’s aging although we know it is really Sylvia. One thing that makes the mirror different from a human though, is that it isn’t prejudice, and only reveals the truth.

The message the poem give to the reader overall is that the woman is aging, and seems to be losing her youth, and in the process finds it difficult to search for her true identity.