Read the extracts given below and briefly answer the questions that follow : Do you think he hasn't paid it ? Was it overdue ?
(a) Who has not paid ? What ? (1)
(b) When is this question asked ? (1)
(c) What does the word, 'overdue' mean ? (1)
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In me she has drowned a young girl, and in me an old woman.
Rises toward her day after day like a terrible fish.
(a) Why does the poet refer to the 'terrible fish' in the last line ? (I)
(b) Why has it been described as being 'terrible' ? (1)
(c) What does the phrase 'in me she has drowned a young girl' mean ? (1)
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A) The 'terrible fish' here refers to the old age, which is terrible for everyone. Here it is a simile used to express the poet''s hatred of the old age.
B) It has been described as 'terrible' because old age is full of diseases, weakness, pain, etc.
C) It means the woman in the poem has grown old looking in the mirror. She has lost her childhood; and the mirror has witnessed the process of aging of the woman.
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