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...
A) The cardboard shows............
) two girls in a boat
ii) two boys on a shore,
iii) three girls on a beach
iv) two big girls and their mother
B) The big girl was.......
i) the poet's sister
ii) the poet's aunt
iii) the poet's cousin.
iv) the poet's mother
C) The phrase' went paddling means....
i) swam in the sea.
ii) paddled a boat.
iii) moved here and there.
MV) went around
D) The name of the poem......​

Answer 1

Answer:

(A) Ans : iii) three girls on a beach

→The cardboard shows three girls on a beach

(B) Ans : iv) the poet's mother

→The big girl was the poet's mother

(C) Ans : moved here and there

→The phrase went paddling means moved here and there

(D) Ans : A Photograph

The name of the poem is A Photograph

Explanation:

“A Photograph” is a nostalgic poem written by Shirley Taulson . The poem depicts a picture of nostalgia of two time intervals .

• One where her mother used to become nostalgic when she saw the photograph of her with her cousins in the beach. She used to laugh seeing that photograph and reminds of her teenage days
• The other one is the poet's nostalgic feeling for her mother when she was alive. When poet see the photograph she reminds of her mother's laugh when her mother viewing the picture reminds of the teenage days .