some twenty- thirty years later she' d laugh at the snapshot. " see Betty and dolly," she ' d say," and look how they dressed us for the beach," the sea holiday was her past,mine is her laughter. both wry with the laboured ease to loss (1) who is she in the passage?(2) who were betty and dolly? (3) why did the mother laugh at snapshot?(4) what was her past?
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Answer:
1) poet's mother
2) they were the sisters of poet's mother.
3) because they were wearing weird dresses for the beach.
4) the snapshots were the past.
Explanation:
Answer:
Ans (1) 'She' in the passage is the poetess's mother.
Ans (2) Betty and Dolly were her mother's cousins.
Ans (3) The remembered her cousins' dresses, which she found different and funny. She laughed at the memory.
Ans (4) 'Her' past has been described as a happy one. She remembers the happy memories as she looks at the photograph.
Explanation:
Ans (1) 'She' in the passage is the poetess's mother. the poem 'The photograph' is a loving tribute to the poetess's mother who is no more.
Ans (2) Betty and Dolly were her mother's cousins. She was elder to both of them. As they are enjoying paddling in the sea, they pose and smile for her mother's uncle who is taking their photograph.
Ans (3) As her mother looks at the photo of her childhood, she remembers her cousins' dresses, which she found different and funny. She laughed at the memory and the happy, carefree time she spent on the beach with her family.
Ans (4) Her 'past' has been described in two parts. In the first, she is having a fun filled day with her family on a beach and is posing for a photograph. In the second stage, some years later she is looking at the same photo and laughing at the memory of the beautiful day at the beach.