Mirror

In the "Mirror", Sylvia Plath is able to draw in the readers attention, not only in the words themselves but in the structure that she uses throughout the poem. One of the main things that she does that is so simple but makes the poem even more meaningful is her use of periods. With the use of a period she is able to take certain phrases and make them stronger and to the point, making us even more able to 'feel' the poem. One of my favorite examples of when she does this is in the first stanza, when she says , "I think it is part of my heart. But it flickers." Her separating this sentence and making "But it flickers." its own sentence makes it so you can feel more of how the narrator of this poem may be feeling. I feel a sort of a reflective mood is being put,that separation of words makes me think of a separation of thought is being put out too.
Sylvia Plath, also breaks off lines in the middle of a sentence, for example when she writes, "Whatever I see I swallow immediately
Just as it is, unmisted by love or dislike."
her breaking off the line on immediately instead of on a different word, helps put forth another meaning/emotion to this phrase. Her ending at immediately makes it feel even more sharp and immediate instead of just flowing into the rest of the sentence.
There are a lot of different uses and tricks that Sylvia Plath uses that make this poem the strong piece that it is and I could go on all day going on into the little details and finding even more meaning in the process. That is the beauty of a well written poem, you could read it over and over again, but every time you do it feels like the first time all over again.