Question

A sweet face,

My mother’s, that was before I was born.

And the sea , which appears to have changed less,

Washed their terribly transient feet.


A. How does the girl reminisce her mother ?

B. How does the girl draw a comparison between human life and the sea ?

C. Name, identify and explain the literary device used in the last line of the extract.

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Answer 1

A. The poet’s attention is drawn towards his mother’s face which is described as a ‘sweet face’. The photograph was taken long before the poet was born.

B. The poet calls their feet ‘terrible transient’ as they were so young by then and now they had grown older. On the other hand, the sea which touched their feet has changed less.

C. Literary device - Terribly transient feet. In this phrase, the word feet is used to describe the human beings. Transient means short living. This phrase means that human life is not permanent but temporary. The human beings have to die one or the other day but the sea is permanent .