Q.
Answer
the following questions:
1.
When
the poet says that the mirror has no preconceptions it means:
(i)
it reflects your image objectively
(ii)
it gives a biased view of the person
(iii)
it is emotionally involved with the person whose image it reflects
2.
Why has the mirror been described as being ‘unmisted’?
What is the image that the poet is trying to convey about the nature
of the mirror?
3.
How does the mirror ‘swallow’? What is the poetic device
used here?
4.
From the poem find out the words that have been used to describe the
mirror. For e.g. exact, ….
5.
The
mirror has been called a four-cornered God because:
(i)
it is square shaped
(ii)
like God it watches you unbiased and fair from all the four angles
(iii)
it faithfully reflects all that it sees
6.
How does the mirror spend its time?
7.
What disturbs it contemplation of the opposite wall?
8.
The ‘pink speckles’ refer to:
(i)
the opposite wall that is pink.
(ii)
a person with a healthy pink face with freckles.
(iii)
spots made on the mirror with red paint.
9.
In the second stanza the mirror is compared to another object. What
is it? Why do you think this comparison has been made?
10.
What is the woman searching for in the depths of the pool?
11.
The phrase ‘agitation of the hands’ means:
(i)
the person is very upset
(ii)
the person’s hands are cold
(iii)
the person is worried
12.
Why does ‘she’ start crying?
13.
Why does the poet refer to the fish in the last line? Why has it been
described as being ‘terrible’?
