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Mirror English Chapter Solutions NCERT

1. When the mirror is being described as " ummisted by love or dislike " we understand that the mirror is


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not prejudiced

2. The other word for 'contemplation' is


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mediation

3. when the mirror says 'it has no preconceptions' it means that


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it reflects back an image objectively.

4. The mirror has been called 'a four-cornered God' because


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like God it watches you unbiased and fair form all four angles.

5. The speckles refer to


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The opposite wall which has spots on it

6. The phrase 'agitation of the hand' suggests that the person is


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Very angry

7. By saying “Now I am lake” the narrator wants to show that


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The poem is not only about external beauty but also the inside of a Person

8. what is the poetic device used when the mirror says ,I swallow,?


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i swallow personifies the mirror .the mirror seems to says that the image on it is deep enough to swallow everything ,possibly. The objective of mirror is significant.

9. how does mirrow usually pass it's time?


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the mirror usually pass it's time by constantly looking at the wall opposite to it.

10. What disturb the mirrors contemplation of opposite wall?


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people's faces and the darkness disturbs the mirrors contemplation of the opposite wall.

11. Why does the mirror appears to be a take in the second stanza ? What aspect of the mirror do you think is being referred to here ?


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the mirror appears to be take in the Second stanza because it has also the quality of deflecting the image of what appears before it like a lake .as whatever falls on the surface of the lake is drowed into it the mirror also swallow whatever it sees.new dimension, depth, being referred here.

12. What is the woman searching for in the depths of the lake ?


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The woman is searching for her lost youth, charm and beauty in the depths of the lake.

13. How does the narrator convey the fact that the woman looking at her reflection in the lake is deeply distressed ?


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The narrator conveys the fact that women is deeply distressed because when she sees herself ageing in the mirror, she turns away to find her answers in the candles and the moon. She has tears in her eyes and her agitated hands express her distress.

14. What makes the woman start crying ?


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The woman start crying when she sees her own reflection in the mirror realises that she has lost her charm, beauty and youth. She has grown old.

15. What do you think the "terrible fish" in the last line symbolizes ? What is the poetic device used here ?


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The "terrible fish" symbolises the bitter truth which puts human being to a fatal end. The poetic device used here is smile.

16. list out the adjectives that have been used to describe the mirror. Add a few more adjectives to the list .


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adjective from poem. Silver, exact honut,faithful, ummisted,unbiased other adjectives- deep,reality,fair

17. In the second stanza why has the narrator replaced the mirror with a lake ? What is he/she trying to focus on ?


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In the second stanza, the poetess has replaced the mirror with a lake to add a new dimension to it which is depth. The lake has depth . Both the mirror and the lake have the equality of reflecting the image of what appears before them. Just as anything falls and downs into the lake, the youth and beauty of the woman seems to have drowned in the mirror.

18. A woman bend over me ,searching My reaches for what she really is then then she turns to those, the candles or the moon a.what is the woman binding over?


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the mirror

19. why have the candle candles and moon been called 'liar'?


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they hide the blemishes and make people look beautiful in their soft glow.

20. why does she turn to them in spite of calling them liar?


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the reality is too harsh for her to bear.