import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from matplotlib.backends.backend_svg import FigureCanvasSVG
import io


def create_svg_plot():
    # Create a sample plot
    x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    y = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.plot(x, y)
    ax.set_title('Sample Plot')
    ax.set_xlabel('X-axis')
    ax.set_ylabel('Y-axis')

    # Convert the plot to SVG
    svg_output = io.StringIO()
    canvas = FigureCanvasSVG(fig)
    canvas.print_svg(svg_output)

    # Close the plot to free up resources
    plt.close(fig)

    # Return the SVG string
    return svg_output.getvalue()

# Example usage
svg_plot = create_svg_plot()
print(svg_plot)