Question

POETRY
Answer the following questions:
(a) Who is the bigiñentioned in the poem “A photograph?"
(b)
What does the poet ask the rain ? v
(C)
What is the poet eager to know in the poem 'Childhood' ?"
(d)
What does the 'Cardboard' denote in the poem “A photograph'?​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) Shirley Toulson's poem 'A Photograph' is a loving tribute to her mother. The poem reflects the passage of time and its three stages. In the first stage, the photograph shows his mother enjoying a holiday on a beach along with her two girl cousins. She was 12 at the time.b) Answer. In the poem 'The Voice of the Rain' by Walt Whitman, the poet asked the rain "And who art thou?" meaning "Who are you?". He asked the rain to give its introduction and identity because he wanted to know its origin and the purpose that it served in the world c) The poet is eager to know where his childhood is hidden.d) In the poem, the word 'cardboard' stands for the frame that supports and borders the photograph. The photograph shows the poet's mother as a twelve year old girl with two of her cousins, Betty and Dolly. The word 'cardboard' has been used to depict that the photograph is many years old.