but believe me,son, I want to be what I used to be when I was like you.I want to unlearn all these muting things. Most of all,I want to relearn how to laugh,for my laugh in the mirror shows only my teeth like a snake's bare fangs! I. Answer the following:i)Who is the "son" referred to in the passage? ii)What does the speaker want to relearn? iii)what are the "muting things" in the present context?
Answers
1.Son refers to poet's ( gabriel okara's) son.
2.The poet wants to relearn how to laugh heartfully.
3.muting things are the ones which are not expressed in
speech.
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Answer:
The questions are from the poem " Once upon a time ".
Explanation:
(i) The son is the speaker's son from whom he wants to learn certain valuable things.
(ii) The speaker wants to relearn how to laugh as he wants to express his emotions in the purest way possible so he says he wants to unlearn all bad things and relearn how to laugh.
(iii) The speaker is referring to fake emotions and feelings as muting things. The feelings like unnatural and fake smiles and shaking hands without a pure intent, all of this which are referred to as muting things.
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