Question

Things that enchanted poet in postcard from kashmir

Answer 1

Answer:

Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox,

my home a neat four by six inches.

I always loved neatness. Now I hold

the half-inch Himalayas in my hand.

This is home. And this the closest

I’ll ever be to home. When I return,

the colors won’t be so brilliant,

the Jhelum’s waters so clean,

so ultramarine. My love

so overexposed.

And my memory will be a little

out of focus, in it

a giant negative, black

and white, still undeveloped.

The word ‘Shrinks’ in “Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox” (line 1) suggests that the real, grandeur Kashmir diminishes to the tiny delicate picture printed on the postcard.

Home (line 2), normal speaking, refers to a place where people are currently living in. Postcards are usually sent from a place people spend their holiday on. Yet, interestingly, for this time, the poet receives a postcard from his home, Kashmir. Apparently, the speaker has lost touch with his homeland. The ‘four-by-six-inch’ postcard simply evokes his memories towards his birthplace.

The poet highlights that he always loved neatness (3). The adjective ‘neat’ refers not only to the regular shape of the postcard but also the neat and harmonious Kashmir in the poet’s memory.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Postcard from Kashmir by Agha Shahid Ali Kashmir ... time, the poet receives a postcard from his home, Kashmir. ... However enchanting his memories are, they are indeed ...