Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me, Searching my reaches for what she really is. Which statement best expresses the significance of the metaphor in which the mirror compares itself to a lake in Plath's "Mirror"? This metaphor is significant because the woman commits suicide in the lake at the end of the poem. This metaphor is significant because it suggests murky depth in which a woman is searching desperately to find herself. This metaphor is significant because water is a symbol of youth and beauty, which the mirror reflects. This metaphor is significant because as the woman grows older she begins to look like a fish in a dirty lake.

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Erica · Answer 1

This metaphor is significant because it suggests murky depth in which a women is searching desperately to find herself