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What is meaning of agitation of hands?(mirror poem)

This line shows that the woman is anxious to find what she's looking for – as the lake told us earlier, she is searching for what she really is. She's not satisfied with the lake at first glance, but eventually turns back to it.
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Twisting and rubbing of hands in sense of anxiety.
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                                                           Mirror
                                                                   - By Sylvia Plath
In the poem, the woman is not able to endure to the fact that she has reached the autumn of her life and does not want get any older. When she sees her reflection, she tries to lie herself about her beauty by taking the help of the candles and the moon, referred to as "liars" in the poem. At the same time she expresses her sorrows with the agitation of her hands and with a couple of tears.Byy
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A state of anxiety or nervous excitement.

‘she was wringing her hands in agitation’
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