The 'speckles' refer to:

• a pink object 

• the opposite wall which has spots on it

• a person with pink pimples 

• pink spots in general 

The phrase 'agitation of the hand' suggests that the person is:

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

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?