Read the following stanza and choose the correct option
The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling,
Each one holding one of my mother's hands,
All three stood still to smile through their hair
At the uncle with the camera.
Questions
7. What does the cardboard refer to?
a. A photograph b. A camera
C. Mother
d.Cousins
8. The girls went walking through the
a. Wilderness b. meadows
c. deep water d. shallow water
9. Identify the figures of speech in the line: 'The cardboard shows me how it was.
a. Pun
b. Personification
c. Simile
d. Euphemism
Answers
Answer:
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Explanation:
Question 1.
What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
Answer:
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.
Question 2.
What has the camera captured?
Answer:
The camera has captured some happy childhood moments of the poet’s mother when she has gone for a sea holiday with her two cousins Dolly and Betty. The girls were paddling in the water and enjoying the moment. The photograph clicked by the mother’s uncle shows the girls’ innocent smiling faces while their hair was flying over their faces.
Question 3.
What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?
Answer:
Time has moved on, but what has not changed over the years is the sea. It is immortal. It appears to be the same today as it looked in the old photograph. It suggests the eternity of the sea. It also brings out the transient nature of man when compared to nature and its objects. The pretty faces and the feet of the three girls are ‘terribly transient’ or mortal when compared to the unchangeable and immortal sea.
Question 4.
The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
Answer:
The poet’s mother was a girl of twelve or so when the photograph was taken. The photograph has captured the smiling face of the poet’s mother. She laughed in nostalgia at the snapshot that was taken years ago and also at the way all of them were dressed for the beach. She pointed it out to others. Perhaps they looked funny. This laugh indicated that the poet’s mother enjoyed remembering her childhood days, when she was young and free from the tensions and worries of adult life.
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