Read the following line from the poem. like long pale fingers reaching for a glass of water:
The author uses this language to describe

The action and description of what is happening in that moment

Though it’s a little hard to understand the question since I can’t see the poem in a whole, I’d say the author is describing a person, possibly old or sick, reaching for a glass of water. The language they’re using is a simile.

Ithink d hope that

C. she wanted to answer sexist rumors about her paintings.