CLASS 11 ENGLISH POEM

TEXTUAL QUESTION AND ANSWER Q2.there is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which world indicate this? ans: the parallel drawn between rain and music is indicated by the last two lines of the poem which are within a bracket.

QUESTION AND ANSWER Q1.what doest the "phrange to tell" mean? ans:- there was a soft shower of rain falling and the poet asked it who he was. This question was more instictive and he perhave never expected a replay

the cardboard show me how it was When the two girl cousin went paddling Each one holding one of my mother hand And she the big girl- some twelve year or so. All three stood still to smile through their hair at the uncle with the camera. A sweet face, My mother that was before i was born. And the sea which appears to have changed less, Washed their terrible transient feet. Some twenty - thirty - years latter She'd laugh at the snapshot "see betty And dolly," she'd say, "and look how they Dressed us for the beach." the sea holiday Was her past, mine is her laughter. Both wry With the laboured ease of loss. Now she'd been dead nearly as many years As that girl lived. And of this circumstance Ther is noting to say at all. Its silence silence

the poetess shirley toulson looks at a photograph it is her mother picture in which her mother was a little girl of around twelve year or so at that time. In the photograph she is on a beach with two of her girl cousin. Each of the cousins is holding one of the hand of the poet's mother who is older than them. the cousins are younger than her. it is evident from the images that at that time wind was blowing an the beach, this is indicated by the fact that the hair was flying on the girls' faces and they were very happy. Their smiles could be seen even through the hair. They were smiling at the person who were taking that snap at that time

Q1.what does "this circumstance" refer to? ans: the poet talks about her mental condition at present. The situation is very lovely and she feels unbearably sbd without her mother presence.

Q1.what is the meaning of the line *both very with the laboured case of loss"? ans: the line express the similarity between the facial expressions of her mother and herself. Both the faces had turned very owning to the terrible feeling of loss in their respestive lives. The mother was sad for the absence of the happy and cheerful childhood.

Q1.why has not changed over the year? Does this suggest sometimg you? ans: the she has not change over the year. Its waves are as fresh shining and turnless as they where year ago. The change lessness of the sea remain as of the change age in human face with advance age.

Q1.what does the word 'carbord' denote in the poem? Why has this word been use? ans: the word 'carboad' denote the photograph posted on a hard think paper this word has been use to refer to a practice in the post when photograph were posted on card bord and fremed with glass front to preserve them.

Q1.why is there noting to say at all? ans: while talking about the emptiness created by the death of her mother, the poet become very sad and sentimental. She feels the pain of her mother's presence and loses the power of expression, she becomes unable to talk about her exact emotions. That is why she feels and says that there is absolutely nothing to say at all.

Q1.what were the feeling of the poet mother when she laughed at the snapshot after twenty or thirty year later? ans: after twenty or thirty year the poet mother was a woman in her thirtees or forties with the poet as her daughter. So, she felt amused and nostalgic to look at her happy childhood in the photograph and laughed every time she saw it.

Q1.what is the reason that the sea has not changed? ans: the sea and it huge body of water is a natural object. Unlike human life it is not a subject to death decay old age or destruction etc. It remains forever and therfore has hardly changed at all.

Q1.why do you think were the girl smiling through the hair? ans: the three girls were very happy to enjoy their beach holiday togather, they were really excited and they wanted to make their smaies longlasting by capturing them in their uncle's camera through the snaps.

why does the poet call the photograph a 'cardbord'? ans: the photograph displays the lively being of her mother as a small girl, this loving existence was there when she saw her mother as a middle aged woman laughing at the sight of that picture. But now she is dead and without her presence, the photograph is noting but a carndboard.

Q1."............... And of this circumstance there is nothing to say at all. its silence silences."" ans: the poet feels that loss of her mother to such an extent that the loneliness and desolation of this situation makes her unable to speak anything. The grief has choked all worlds of expression and she has been turned almost silent by the speechlessness of the moment. so, this is the height of the poet's sadness felt at the deadth of her mother. see more below

Q."................ Both very With the laboured ease of loss." ans: she says that both her mother and herself had learn to live without their happy memories and with their senses of loss. They had to put too much of effort to gain their comfort to digest their separation with the past joys. Both have wry expressions on their faces with their hard earned ease. so, the pain is evident in both the mother and the daughter. img> see more below

Q.".............. A sweet face, my mother's, that was before i was born." Q1.how does thd poet feel to call her mother face sweet? ans: the poet feels happy to see her mother cute face in the photograph. There is a special affection as her mother is no more alive when she writes ths. Q2.the photograph was much before the poet was born, imagine her emotions when she says so? ans: the sweet face in the snapshot was a small girl and it was her mother. But when she looks at it now the poet is a grown-up woman. So, she comments on her mother as if she were like her child.

Q: ................. The sea holiday was her past, mine is her laughter." Q1.which is 'the' sea holiday? ans: It is the sea holiday enjoyed by the poet's mother in her cheerful childhood period. Q2.what was the defference in their pasts? ans: the poet remembers her mother laughter on loking at her own childhood photograph which is called her past i.e. The mother'ws now talking the poet mother is dead and therfore her laughter is a past for the poet. see more below

Q1:"and the sea, which appear to have change less, washed their terribly transient feet." ans: the poet says that in the photograph the sea water washes the feet of the three girl. Over the year, the sea water has remained just the same but great changes have overcome the people whose feet were being touched by that water. So, the sea water denotes its eternal nature of existence and the transitory being of man. see more below

Q1.what is mean by each one? ans: each one mean each of the two girl cousins of the poet's mother. Q2.if she was only twelve year old,why is she called big? ans: the poet mother was herself a small girl but she was older than the two other girls. So, in the photograph, she is the biggest of them. Q3.what is the name of the poet? ans: shirley toulson. Q4.who is the big girls ans: the poet mother referred to by the big girl follow me click here youtube /a>

Q1.why is the poem tital a photograph? ans: the poem tital is a photograph because it is a old photograph that give nice to the poinsive mode of the poet it is the of her dead mother in her chilhood. Q2.what does transient feet mean? ans: the world transient feet mean the temporaly existence feet of the poet mother and her two girl cousins it suggest that time is all powerfull and it bring an two hour temporaly existance. in the poem transient feet are the feet of the three girl the poet mother and her two cousin Q3:how does the poet neither her mother dead? anr: the dead of the poet mother make the poet complately speach less the amplineous dead sea feet creat silence around her.

Meaning:  paddling -walking beach foot  & transient - temporary Question:- Q1.what has the camera capture? ans: the camera capture three girl . Thepoet mother and her two cousin. Q2. The poet mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate? ans: the laugh indicate her joy as remember . It inccedent connect with her past life when she was white young and free from tenson and worrier of life   follow me click here youtube