Sylvia's Background
Figurative Lang
Multiple choice:)
Theme/POV
100

What year was Sylvia born?

1932

100

What is "like a terrible fish" an example of?

Simile.

100

The mirror is unbiased: A. True B. False

A. True

100

Discuss how the theme of aging is portrayed in the poem "Mirror."

Open to interpretation!!!

200

What inspired Sylvia to write "Mirror?"

Her own fears about aging and death

200

"A woman bends over me, / Searching my reaches for what she really is" is an example of what?

Imagery.

200

What does the mirror symbolize in the poem? A. The passage of time B.Self-Appreciation C. Anger

A.

200

What POV is "Mirror?"

First person (the mirror)

300

After what major event did Sylvia write Mirror?

The birth of her son.

300

What is "The eye of a little god, four-cornered" an example of?

a metaphor


300

What is the major theme in this poem?

A. Time, B.Aging, C.Mortality, D. All of the above

D.

300

What does the mirror reflect in the final lines of the poem?

The image of an aging woman suffering emotional turmoil