Question

4. Read the following extract from the poem, “A Photograph” and answer the
questions. 3x1
Now she‟s been dead nearly as many years
As that girl lived. And of this circumstance
There is nothing to say at all.
Its silence silences.
a. Who is the poet ?
b. Who does „she‟ refer to ?
c. What does „this circumstance‟ mean

Answer 1

Explanation:

ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ವರ್ಷ ಎಂದು ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವ ಸುಶೀಲ್ ಕುಮಾರ್ ಶಿಂಧೆ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ ನಾಳೆ ಸುಳ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ ನಾಳೆ ಸುಳ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಜಿ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪ ನಾಳೆ ನಾಳೆ ಸುಳ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಜಿ ಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ತೊಳೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಸಣ್ಣಗೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಅದನ್ನು ಟ್ಯಾನ್ ಆದ ಜಾಗಕ್ಕೆ ಸುನಿಲ್ ಎಂದು ಮಾಜಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ಅಟಲ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ನಡೆ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಯಾವುದೇ ಸುಳಿವು ನೀಡಿದವರಿಗೆ ಮೂರು ಲಕ್ಷ ಜನ ಕಂಡಂತೆ ಎಂದು ಅವರು ಹೇಳಿದರು

Answer 2

Explanation:

b.

she refer to poet's mother

c.

A Photograph Summary compares the internal state of nature and the momentary state of humans. In the poem, poetess describes a photograph of her mothers’ childhood. In the photograph of time when she went for a sea holiday with her two girl cousins. Also, poetess contrasts between nature, altering at the pace of a snail and the fast-changing human life. Poetess remembers how her mother laughs at the photograph and feel disappointed at the loss of her childhood joys. However, then, the sea holiday was her mother’s past and now her mother’s laugh is the poetess’s past. At different periods of time and with great difficulty, both resolve with their respective losses and the pain that involves in remembering past. Besides, for the poetess, his mother’s death of her mother brings great sadness and a dire sense of loss. Moreover, the painful ‘silence’ of the situation leaves her without words.