Question

Now she’s been dead nearly as many years
As that girl lived. And of this circumstance
There is nothing to say at all.
Its silence silences.
i ) What does that ‘girl lives’ refer to?
ii ) In which mood is the poet?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

i )The poet says that , " Now she's been dead as long as the girl in the photograph lived " . Here she is hinting at the loss of her mother. She is no more with her now . So she says that her mother had been dead and it was a big loss for her .

ii ) depressed mood