Question

Explain the meaning of these lines "and the terribly transient feet" class 11 a photograph

Answer 1

Here the poet wants to compare between sea and the human being.

Here feet is the human being. The feet is transient that means it is short lived and changes (ages) with time. But the sea doesn't change. It's immortal and stays like that forever.
The figure of speech used here is Transferred epithet and alliteration.

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Answer 2

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 . It is still going to be their after our death. Synecdoche is used here. In this a small part is used to describe the whole thing . As in this , 'feet' is used to describe the whole human beings and not only their feet.