ENGL 1410 Lecture : Words
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To re-establish its mirror mirror is a reflection of oneself, can represent reality vs. illusion. Over the rock in first 2 stanzas she is using power in the words axes, stroke, echoes they are her power. Horse symbolizes everything from intelligence [white horse in particular bears a hero, ] Horse could symbolize foretelling, speed, loyalty, travel, embodies life and death. A white skull, [skull symbolizes death]-it has been forgotten. In this stanza imagery suggests that time has past. From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars. On the surface there is chaos but underneath there is a plan to it [always a plan] Plath killed herself, [stuck her head in an oven], thought that she wanted to be found before she actually died, became depressed.
