Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Mirror by Sylvia Plath

 I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions. 1 
Whatever I see I swallow immediately 2 
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike. 3 
I am not cruel, only truthful- 4 
The eye of the little god, four cornered. 5 
Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall. 6 
 It is pink, with speckles. I have looked at it so long 7 
I think it is a part of my heart. But it flickers. 8 
Faces and darkness separate us over and over. 9 
Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me, 10 
 Searching my reaches for what she really is. 11 
Then she turns to those liars, the candles or the moon. 12 
I see her back, and reflect it faithfully. 13 
She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands. 14 
I am important to her. She comes and goes. 15 
 Each morning it is her face that replaces the darkness. 16 
In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman 17 
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible fish. 18 

Identify the literary elements in lines 10, 18? 
Who is the speaker in this poem? 


 Lil Wayne – Mirror Lyrics
 With everything happening today
You don’t know whether you’re coming or going
But you think that you’re on your way
Life lined up on the mirror
don’t blow it
Look at me when I’m talkin to you
You looking at me but I’m lookin through you I see the blood in your eyes
I see the love in disguise
I see the pain here in your pride
I see you’re not satisfied
And I don’t see nobody else
I see myself I’m looking at the Mirror on the wall,
here we are again
Through my rise and fall
You’ve been my only fan
 You told me that they can understand the man I am
So why are we here talkin’ to each other again
Oh, I see the truth in your lies
I see nobody by your side but I’m with you when you re all alone
And you correct me when I’m lookin wrong
I see that guilt beneath the shame I see your soul through your window pain
 I see the scars that remain I see you Wayne, I’m lookin at the..
Mirror on the wall, here we are again
Through my rise and fall
You’ve been my only fan
You told me that they can understand the man I am
So why are we here talkin’ to each other again
Lookin at me now I can see my past
Dang I look just like my dad
 Light it up, that’s smoke at mirrors
 I even look good in the broken mirror
I see my momma smile that’s a blessin I see the change,
I see the message and no message could been any clearer
So I’m stared with the man in the… Mirror on the wall, here we are again
Through my rise and fall
You’ve been my only fan
You told me that they can understand the man I am
So why are we here talkin’ to each other again uh…Mirror on the wall, here we are again
Through my rise and fall
You’ve been my only fan
You told me that they can understand the man I am
So why are we here talkin’ to each other again (so why are we talkin to each other again)
Mirror on the wall.

What does Lil Wayne mean when he states “You've been my only fan?” 
To whom is he referring? “I see your soul through your window pain” is an example of? 
The tone of Sylvia Plath's poem is ____________________ 
The tone of Lil Wayne's poem is ____________________ 
List 3 metaphors from Plath's poem
What is the point of view in Wayne's song?








 Now, write your own Mirror poem. You can write from the point of view of what the mirror sees or what you see in the mirror. Date____________________ Include 6 of the following poetic devices: Personification repetition Metaphor symbolism Simile alliteration Onomatopoeia assonance consonance end rhyme

Monday, March 18, 2013

Anthem essay. English 1





Figurative Language

Figurative Language Game 

Simile and Metaphor Video



Personification Spoken Word Poem



Hyperbole and Understatement


Personification, Hyperbole, Alliteration and Onomatopoeia


Tuesday, March 5, 2013