Question

The cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling,
Each one holding one of my mother's hands,
And she the big girl—some twelve years
or so.

1.What does 'it' refer to in first line?
2. Why has ‘she' been called big?
3. What does the photograph show?​

Answer 1

Answer:

HEYA! ⏪The poet says that , " Now she's been dead as long as the girl in the photograph lived " . Here she is hinting at the loss of her mother. ... So she says that her mother had been dead and it was a big loss for her .