In the second stanza why has the narrator replaced the mirror with a lake? What is he/she trying to focus on?
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21/12/2020 12:15 pm
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In the second stanza why has the narrator replaced the mirror with a lake? What is he/she trying to focus on?
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21/12/2020 12:16 pm
The poet has done so because the lake also reflects images as the mirror does. The woman is not happy with her image told by mirror, so she has turned to the lake. She is trying to focus on the fact that a woman cannot accept the fact she has aged and does not look as charming as in her young age.
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