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TEXTBOOK EXERCISES
THINK IT OUT
1. What does the word “cardboard” denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
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2. What has the camera captured?
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3. What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?
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4. The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
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5. What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of Loss”?“
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6. What does “this circumstance” refer to?“
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7. The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
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SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1. What does the cardboard show?
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2. What was the occasion? Why did they go there?
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3. Describe the three girls standing at the beach?
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4. “The sea, which appears to have changed less, washed their terribly transient feet.” How does the poet contrast the girls’ terribly transient feet’ with the sea?
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5. Why did poet’s mother laugh at the snapshot?
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6. Explain ‘The sea holiday was her past, mine is her laughter’.
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7. ‘Both wry with the laboured ease of loss’ What is the loss? Describe the ironical situation?
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8. How did the poet’s mother die? What has he to say about this circumstance?
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