Theme Of The Poem Mirror By Devia Plath

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Nowadays people aren’t really fans of poetry because of the fact that it’s so complicated and hard to understand, some people think they have to over analyze the lines to find the meaning. Although they may be difficult to interpret sometimes, they do share main themes and ideas as other things. For example, a song. A song and a poem can share the exact meaning or a couple of ideas. They both have certain qualities like theme, emotional response, rhyme, rhythm, and more. An example of these similarities would be the song “Believe in Me” by Demi Lovato, and Sylvia Plath’s poem “Mirror”. In Demi’s song she is talking about her insecurity and how she need to accept herself and believe in herself. While in the poem, Sylvia is feeling insecure, …show more content…

In the poem, the lines “I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. / Whatever I see I swallow immediately”(1-2). This is the mirror speaking in the poem, and it seems like it is very honest and shows exactly what is presented in front of it. The mirror is constantly mentioned throughout the poem because it is the only one that shows the woman for who she really is, she shows her true reflection and shows her imperfections. Although the woman does not like that, she constantly goes and looks at herself because she is aging and is feeling insecure. While in the song, Lovato says “The mirror can lie/ doesn’t show you what’s inside/ and it, can tell you you’re full of life/ it’s amazing what you can hide/ just by putting on a smile” (15-19). In the song Lovato is saying that the mirror can lie to you, and only shows you what’s on the outside. You can hide anything from the mirror, because all it does is show your appearance and nothing else. Plath and Lovato are both feeling insecure, and use the mirror as a symbol on how it affects them. One believes that the mirror can hide everything, and only show you the outside, While the other thinks that it’s very truthful, and shows everything your flaws and all. This is another example of how the poem “Mirrors” can be just as traditional and have similar qualities to the song “Believe in …show more content…

They are both talking about their insecurities, but not in the same way. As said before, Plath using more figurative language and Lovato being more straightforward. Lovato can be classified as being more modern, and the audience may like that. In “Mirrors” and “Believe in Me”, they are both trying to inspire the audience to look past their insecurities and accept themselves for who they are. Another thing they both touch upon, is the symbolism of the mirror. Although they don’t think of it the same way, they still think it’s important. These are only a few factors, but it goes to show that poems and songs can share the same qualities. They both have aspects such as emotional responses, rhythm, rhyme, theme, symbolism,

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