EVENTS
CONVENT HIGH SCHOOL
17/08/2021 CLASS-11 SESSION2021-22
ENGLISH
Chapter
A PHOTOGRAPH
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A PHOTOGRAPH
EXPLANATION
A PHOTOGRAPH
EXPLANATION
I.ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:-
Question 1.What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem ? Why has this
word been used?
Answer:The word ‘cardboard’ denotes that it is an
instant snapshot which has a cardboard base. This word has been used to refer
to the times when photography was in its early stages.
Question 2.What has the camera captured ?
Answer:The camera has captured three persons-two
girls and the poet’s mother. They here enjoying a holiday on sea side.
Question 3.What has not changed over the years ?
Does this suggest something to you ?
Answer:The sea hasn’t changed over the years. The
sea waves keep rolling to the coast and then back. This suggests by contrast
that human beings change rapidly.
Question 4.The poet’s mother laughed at the
snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
Answer:The poet’s mother laughed to see her
photograph. She was then young and charming. But she was wearing a funny mod
dress, suitable for a sea holiday.
Question 5.What is the meaning of the line ‘Both why
with the laboured ease of loss’ ?
Answer:Mother’s photograph belonged to twenty-thirty
years past. She was then young and sweet. But now she bore the marks of
advancing age. She was out of shape. Now the mother herself is dead and gone.
Her laughter is a thing of past. It does not have a musical ring.
Question 6.What does ‘this circumstance’ refer to ?
Answer:‘This circumstance’ refers to the time since
his mother expired. This has been a dull period with no memorable experiences.
So the poet has nothing to say about it.
Question 7.The three stanzas depict three different
phases. What are they?
Answer:The three stanzas of the poem depict three
stages. In first stage mother was young and sweet. The second stanza refers to
a period, twenty to thirty years later when she was middle aged. The third
stanza refers to the long gap of time after the mother’s death. This has been
adevoid of any exiciting event.
