Question

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.

(i) Name the poem and the poet of these lines.

(ii) Who do the words ‘all three’ refer to?

(iii) Why did they stand still?

(iv) What was the uncle doing?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer a) The three people who were in their photograph were the poet, Shirely Toulson's mother and her aunts.

They were at the beach on their summer holiday.

Answer b) The moment was captured by their uncle with the photograph.

Answer c) The poetic device used in the above stanza is alliteration, terribly - transient.

Answer d) The sea is a part of nature which is eternal and not dynamic in it's nature. The word 'feet' signifies mortal human lives which have a certain time period to exist and also change very quickly.

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