All three stood still to smile through their hair
At the uncle with the camera, 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.
1. Who does all three refer to here?
2. Where are they inthev photograph?
3. Why did they smile through their hair?
4. When did this incident take place?
5. How is the poet able to remember her mother's childhood?
6. What has stood the onslaught of the time and what has not?
7. Identify the poetic devices used in this stanza.
Answers
'A Photograph'
Explanation:
1). The three girls smiling in the photograph were the poet's mother and her two cousins named Betty and Dolly.
2). They are near the sea where uncle captures them.
3). 'Smiling through the hair' suggests that the three girls were smiling at their uncle through their hair flying over their faces due to the wind.
4). The incident took place when the poet's mother was a child of only twelve years old.
5). The poet is able to remember her mother's childhood through the photograph.
6). The sea(symbolizing nature) has stood against the onslaught of time and remained the same while the poet's mother(symbolizing the transience of human nature) could not stand against this fierce attack and passed twelve years ago.
7). Alliteration in 'stood still to smile', 'terribly transient' captures the readers' attention and emphasizes the idea of the impermanence of human life. 'Transferred Epithet' in 'transient feet.'
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