Question

(1) All three steed to smile through their
hair
At the unde weith the camera A
sweet face
My mother's that was before I born
a) who are the three referred in these lines?
b) Why did they stand still ?
c) What time period is referred to in lines?
d) When and why is the narrator recollecting
this moment?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The three referred here are the poetess's mother and her two cousins.

(b)They stood still on the beech because their uncle was clicking their photograph.

(c) here the time period is when the poetess's mother was very young(12years old) when they went for a sea holiday.

(d)The narrator is trying to recollect this moment because it cannot be revived since her mother is no more in the world. Her mother's smile is pleasant to her