Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceENGLISHPoem 12 Marks
Question
The particular cardboard. How is it special to her?
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Answer
In the poem ‘A photograph’ the poet Shirley Toulson pays a tribute to her mother who was no more. An old photograph of her mother in her childhood days was pasted on a cardboard. The photograph showed the poet’s mother standing with two girl cousins - Dolly and Betty who were younger than her.
The photograph was taken at a sea beach. The three girls were smiling with their hair flying in the wind. The cardboard with the photo holds memories which five on though human life is transient. The mother was no more but looking at the photograph makes her both happy and sad.
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