Q2. Read the lines and answer the questions that follow:
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.
(a) Who had been dead many years ago?
(b) Who is that girl?
(c) Why does the poet say 'As that girl lived'?
(d) Explain: Its silence silences. Name the poetic device used.
Answers
Answer:
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Explanation:
(a) The poet's mother had been died many years ago
(b) The girl is the poet Shirley Toulson
(c) The poet said that 'As that girl lived' because she was consumed with grief but is left with no words to express her loss and pain and she was totally absorbed in memories of her dead mother.
(d) The poet is very sad at the death of her mother. She feels lonely in her absence. The pain has silenced her. The pangs of separation and silence surround her.
The poetic device used is Personification i.e. 'It's silence silences'.
Answer:
Explanation:
(a) The poet's mother had been died many years ago
(b) The girl is the poet Shirley Toulson
(c) The poet said that 'As that girl lived' because she was consumed with grief but is left with no words to express her loss and pain and she was totally absorbed in memories of her dead mother.
(d) The poet is very sad at the death of her mother. She feels lonely in her absence. The pain has silenced her. The pangs of separation and silence surround her.
The poetic device used is Personification i.e. 'It's silence silences