By saying 'Now I am a lake' the narrator wants to show that

• the poem is not only about external beauty but also the inside of a person 

• the lake can also reflect surfaces 

• the depth of the lake is important 

• the lake doesn't show as exact an image as a mirror 

What is the poetic device used when the mirror says 'I swallow'?

How does the mirror usually pass its time?

What disturbs the mirror's contemplation of the opposite wall?

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? 

What is the woman searching for in the depths of the lake?

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

What makes the woman start crying?

What do you think the 'terrible fish' in the last line symbolizes? What is the poetic device used here?

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

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