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.
(i) Name the poem and the poet of these lines.
(ii) What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote?
(iii) Who were the two girls?
(iv) Who has been said to be the big girl? Why?
Answers
Answer:
(i) The name of the poem is ' The Photograph ' by Shirley Toulson .
(ii) Here , the cardboard denotes the thick card on which the photograph was pasted . In the old days , photographs were preserved by pasting them on a thick cardboard .
(iii) The two girls were the poetess' mother's cousins with whom she went paddling .
(iv) The poetess' mother has been referred as the big girl in the poem because she was older than both of her cousins and was more responsible as she was holding on to both of her cousins and take care of them .
The name of the poem is ' The Photograph ' by Shirley Toulson .
{1.The cardboard denotes the thick card on which the photograph was pasted . In the old days , photographs were preserved by pasting them on a thick cardboard .
{2. The two girls were the poetess' mother's cousins with whom she went paddling
{3The poetess mother has been referred as the big girl in the poem because she was older than both of her cousins and was more responsible as she was holding on to both of her cousins and taking care of them .