Question

Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:

I. “Each one holding one of my mother’s hands’

And she the big girl- some twelve years or so.”

(i) Who does ‘each one’ refer to?

(ii) What do the words ‘big girl’ imply?

II. “The sea holiday was her past, mine her laughter.”

(i) Name the speaker. Who does ‘her’ refer to?

(ii) Explain the line.

III. “And of this circumstance there is nothing to say.”

(i) Which circumstance is being referred to here?

(ii) Why is there nothing to say about it?​

Answer 1

Answer:

I.

1. Each one refers to everyone.
2. That she is young

II.

1. Shirley Tailson.'' Her '' refers to the girl.
2. That her sea holiday was her past and it has gone.

III.

1. The girl was dieing and the circumference refers to this.
2. Because the poet was speech less.

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