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Question 16 Verbal and Logical Ability 2024 Medium MCQ +1.00 marks · -0.25 negative

In the darkened room a woman cannot find her reflection in the mirror waiting as usual at the edge of sleep In her hands she holds the oil lamp whose drunken yellow flames know where her lonely body hides

What do the lines "the drunken yellow flames/know where her lonely body hides" BEST represent?

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