Question

4.Read the stanza carefully and answer the questions that follow :

The cardboard shows me how it was

When the two girl cousins went paddling,

Each one holding one of my mother’s hands

And she the big girl—some twelve years or so.

Questions

(i) What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?

ii) Who were the three girls captured in the photograph?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. it shows paddling of 2 cousins

2. mother and two cousins

Answer 2

1. The cardboard denotes a painting of a memory belonging to the poet.

The word "cardboard" has been used to simplify from where these nostalgic thoughts of the poet are coming.

The cardboard or the painting shows two cousins of the author going to paddle while holding the author's mother's hand.

2. The three girls captured in the photograph are - two cousins of the author and the mother of the author.