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Answer to: Why have the candles and the moon been called ‘liars’?

(iii) they hide the blemishes and make people look beautiful in their soft glow

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Answer to: Find the various instances of personification used in this poem.

Instances of personification in the poem. Whatever I see I swallow immediately. I have looked at it so long I think it is a part of my heart. I ...

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Answer to: In the second stanza why has the narrator replaced the mirror with a lake? What is he/she trying to focus on?

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...

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Answer to: List out the adjectives that have been used to describe the mirror. Add a few more adjectives to the list.

Silver, exact, unbiased, unmisted by love or dislike, not cruel, truthful, eye of a little god, four- cornered, meditator. The mirror is used as a hum...

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Answer to: What do you think the ‘terrible fish’ in the last line symbolizes? What is the poetic device used here?

The ‘terrible image’ symbolizes the old, worn out face of the woman. The poetic device ‘Simile’ is used here.

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Answer to: What makes the woman start crying?

The woman starts crying because she is not happy with her image reflected by the lake.

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Answer to: How does the narrator convey the fact that the woman looking at her reflection in the lake is deeply distressed?

The woman is weeping, has tears and is upset. She is also showing her protest with agitation of hands.

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Answer to: What is the woman searching for in the depths of the lake?

The woman is searching for her reflection, her face.

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Answer to: Why does the mirror appear to be a lake in the second stanza? What aspect of the mirror do you think is being referred to here?

The mirror appears to be a lake because the lake can reflect surfaces. The mirror displays the true and objective images as it is truthful.

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Answer to: What disturbs the mirror’s contemplation of the opposite wall?

Faces and darkness disturb the mirrors contemplation of the opposite wall.

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Answer to: How does the mirror usually pass its time?

Mirror usually passes its time by meditating on the opposite wall.

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