“In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman. Rises towards her day after day like a terrible fish”.

Question

Answer the following extract based questions.

“In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman. Rises towards her day after day like a terrible fish”.
(i) Who is ‘she’ in the above line?
(ii) Who is the speaker of the above line?
(iii) Why does she rise like a terrible fish?
(iv) Which figure of speech is used in line?

Answer 1

(i) The woman who is seeing her image in mirror.
(ii) The mirror is the speaker.
(iii) She was growing old.
(iv) Personification is used.