Poetry Explication What is this poem about? It could be about many things. In my opinion I believe it is about a woman’s childhood, maybe perhaps the author’s childhood. “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath, is about a puddle turning into a lake that reflects the young girl growing up. The first stanza is about the puddle/lake as it reflects everything it sees like that of a mirror. In line 4 it states, “I am not cruel, only truthful”. The young girl took in everything as it was, nothing was changed or altered by judgement or love or dislike. The young girl spends, “Most of the time I meditate on the opposite wall.”, line 6. The second stanza is about the lake reflecting back what it sees to the woman that is searching for what she truly is. In line
