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· Rhythm:The long five beat rhythms of the final two lines reflect the heavy burden the poet carries within her as she meditates on her subconscious terrors.

· Tone: Callous - 'Whatever I see I swallow immediately'

· Personification:the mirror- "I" in the first line-is given the ability to speak, see and swallow, as well as human qualities like truthfulness.

· Conceit: Plath compares aging to a terrible fish.

· Simile: 'like a terrible fish'

· Metaphor: of lake as mirror

· Oxymoron: "I am not cruel, only truthful"

· Onomatopoeia:"...Part of my heart. But it flickers."

· Paradoxical:Powerful vs. Small

· Sibilance:"...face that replaces the darkness"

· Assonance: "...it is her face that replaces..."

· Repetition: "... day afterday..."

· Rhyme: "I think it is a part of my heart"

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