Question

What does the word cardboard' denote in the peom? Why has this word been used?​

Answer 1

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The word 'cardboard' in the poem denotes the photograph that was clicked by poet's mother's uncle. ... This word has been used to mean lifeless cardboard having her mother's picture. Her mother was dead, and the cardboard was life-less.

Answer 2

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The word cardboard denotes the photograph pasted on a hard thick paper. This word has been used to refer to a practice in the past when photographs were pasted on cardboard and framed with glass front to preserve them.