Question

~~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. She rewards me with tears and an agitation of hands. Which figure of speech has been used in "Now I am a lake"? (1) Simile (2) Irony (3) Metaphor (4) Alliteration and how?

Answer 1

In the line, Metaphor is used, as here the poet is comparing the mirror with a lake, which also shows reflections like a mirror.