Question

Hornbill Ch- A photograph 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.​

Answer 1

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1. The three girls are Shirley’s mother and her 2 girl cousins.

2. In the photograph, they are on a beach.

3. They smiled through their hair as the winds blowing had tousled their hair.

4. This incident took place in the past, when Shirley’s mother was 12.

5. The poetess is able to remember he mother’s childhood through the photograph.

6. The sea has stood the onslaught of time while the humans haven’t.

7. The poetic device here is Synecdoche (transient feet.)

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