What dose the word frivolous means

Consider the last two lines of the poem again. why do you think the old woman sees herself as a terrible fish? why did she choose to compare her to a fish? why do you think she chose to use the word "terrible"? write your answer in two hundred words.

What words or phrases you to recognize the historical context of the line 7

Esther is a person and who makes friends easily. parallel structure how?