question-- Read the extract and answer the following questions:-
The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling.
Each one holding one of my mother's hands,
And she the big girl - some twelve years or so.
i) What does the 'cardboard' show the poet?
ii) Who is the big girl mentioned here?
iii) Why did the two girl cousins hold one of the poet's mother's hand?
iv) How did the girl go to the sea beach?
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Answer:
1) The word ‘cardboard’ in the poem refers to the photograph of the poet’s mother enjoying a sea-holiday with her two cousins when she was twelve years old.
The cardboard stands for the frame that supports and holds the photograph. It signifies that life is transient and what remains is an insignificant piece of paper.
2) The big girl in the photograph was the poetess mother. She was only twelve years old when the photograph was taken. She was very attractive and she was wearing a beautiful dress. She hugged her two younger cousins and smiled through her flying hairs while giving the shot.
3) The two girl cousin was holding poet's mother hand because she was the big girl n they all were posing for the photograph
4) It was of her and her two cousins-Betty and Dolly. They had gone to the beach for the summer vacations. Her parents had taken them to the beach for a beach holiday and dressed them according to the trend. Thus happily the three little girls had gone to the beach and they were photographed by their uncle.