Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
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. In the first line ‘All three’ stand for…….. *
The uncle, the poetess and her mother.
The uncle, the poetess’ mother and the cousin.
The poetess’ mother, the poetess and the uncle.
The two cousins and the poetess’ mother​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) The poet mean by "smile through their hair" that there uncle was clicking their photograph and the wind was blowing up that there hair was coming on there face but they didn't bother about it and stood still to smile for the photograph.

(b) Sea didn't changed over a period of time because it is immortal.

(c) The poet has used alliteration here to comment upon the small and tender feet of the children. These feet are soon going to outgrow their parent size