“Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me, Searching my reaches for what she really is.” The mirror now describes another one of its forms- the reflective surface of a lake. It speaks
about a woman who bends over the lake, trying to see what she really is. This diction is
interesting, because the mirror states that she searches for ‘what she really is,’ as though the
mirror will define her identity somehow. This is quite strange, especially considering that
one’s appearance doesn’t define their identity