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Nothingness in Sylvia Plath's poems, Stars over the dordogne, Opposed…

- - - - "Whatever I see I swallow immediately"
      - This could be alluding to Plath's experiences with depression. It's possible she saw the mirror as a monstrous thing, destroying her self-esteem by removing any sense of self-worth she had left.
        She was a mother of two and a husband, so it is clear her self-perception was a troubled one.
      - The line "I have no preconceptions" hints at the fact that Plath is aware that the mirror plays no role in judgement, it simply reflects. This brings up the question, how self-aware was Plath over the course of her life? Could she have seen the brighter path ahead?