Read the excerpt below and answer the question. Now I am a lake. A woman bends over me,
Searching my reaches for what she really is.

Which statement best expresses the significance of the metaphor in which the mirror compares itself to a lake in Plath's Mirror?

a. This metaphor is significant because the woman commits suic*** in the lake at the end of the poem.
b. This metaphor is significant because it suggests murky depth in which a woman is searching desperately to find herself.
c. This metaphor is significant because water is a symbol of youth and beauty, which the mirror reflects.
d. This metaphor is significant because as the woman grows older she begins to look like a fish in a dir** lake.