Poets often use techniques such as tone, imagery, themes, and structure of the poem to create a more complex view of their position on the subject. These features can make the poem more interesting to the reader and help them develop their story. Using imagery in a poem can take the reader on a journey filled with sensory images that help them connect with the poems' topics. The tone of the poem determines the mood and feelings the reader will experience. The theme of a poem contains the true meaning and point of the poem and is explained using the above literary techniques. While Sylvia Plath's "Mirror" and DH Lawrence's "Piano" both contain imagery and tone to convey the poets' common theme, the desire for the past to be resurrected, the poets use different poetic structures that further convey their overall message . The poems “Mirror” and “Piano” have subjects that reflect and long for the return of their past. This desire and reflection is considered the theme of the poems. In “Piano,” DH Lawrence talks about the man who longs for his past. Despite all his desire, he ultimately realizes that it won't come back. The speaker says, “…I cry like a child over the past” (12). This describes the speaker's desire for his past to return, even though he knows this is not possible. Similarly, in “Mirror,” poet Sylvia Plath reflects her theme of longing for the past using the woman looking at her aging reflection in the waters of the lake. The mirror looks at the woman and says: “In me she has drowned a young girl and in me an old woman” (17). The mirror shows that the woman's maiden past has diminished and what remains is the old woman she is now. The two poems share a common theme: the middle of the paper. People may want to go back to the past and relive moments they cherish, even though this is virtually impossible. , DH “Piano.” Literature and the writing process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day and Robert Funk, Linda S Coleman. Backpack ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice, 2010. 413. Palth, Sylvia. Literature and the writing process. Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X. Day and Robert Funk, Linda S Coleman. Backpack ed. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice, 2010. 433. Timpane, John. “Understanding the tone of a poem.” Poetry for dummies. The Poetry and Web Center. April 7, 2014. < http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/understanding-the-tone-of-a-poem.html.> “Writing Free Verse.” Playing with poetry. Np, February 16, 2004. Web. April 17. 2014..