Question

What does the cardboard denotes in the poem A photograph . why has this word been used ?

Answer 1

The word cardboard denote a photograph or a snapshot in the poem . This word has been used to portray the picture of two girls and smiling mother like a natural scenery .

Answer 2

Answer -

The answer deals about the chapter "A photograph" by Shirley Toulson. The poem describes feeling of a son who lost his mother few years back and all that he have is the picture of her mother with her cousin.

Cardboard denotes the photograph that was taken by thethe uncle of poet's mother and it had three girls among whom the mother was the elder one.

The poet was looking at the picture and missing her mother .