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  Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow.                            (1x3=3) Now, I am a lake. A woman bends over me, Searching my reaches for what she really is. Then, she turns to those liars, the candles or the Moon. I see her back and reflect it faithfully. (a) What does the phrase 'I am a lake' mean? (b) Why does the poet call candles and the moon liars? (c) What is the woman searching the in the mirror?

Answer:

    (a) It means that a lake also reflects images just like the mirror. (b) The poet calls the liars because their dim light conceals the reality of the woman's face. (c) The woman is searching for her lost beauty in the mirror.