Question

WORKSHEET-A PHOTOGRAPH
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Read the following extracts and answer the following que
All three stood still to smile through their hair
At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face,
My mother's that was before I was born.
And the sea, which appears to have changed less,
Washed their terribly transient feet.
QUESTIONS:
1. Who are all three?
2. Why did all three stand and smile?
3. What does the phrase 'terribly transient' in the last line of the extract
4. Whose sweet face is referred to here?
5. What does the poet mean by 'the sea', which appears to have changed less​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) The three girls captured in the photograph were the mother of the poet who was not married then, and her two cousins: Betty and Dolly.

2) The three girls stood and smile as their uncle was holding a camera to capture their picture.

3) Here, the phrase "terribly transient" in the last line of the extract means that human life is not permanent but temporary.

4) The poet refers to her mother's face here.

5)In these lines, the poet says that the sea has changed little over the years while the poet's mother has been dead for years now.

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