Poem 1 — ENGLISH STD 11 Commerce — Question

What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?

Words which describe ‘sleek’, ‘alert’ and ‘abrupt’ in the poem.

What did the poet realize when he crossed the age of eleven?

Why doesn’t the father know much about his son though they lived under the same roof?

How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?

What do you learn about the poetess’s mother from the photograph?

How does the rain justify its claim: ‘I am the Poem of Barth’?

Does the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?

“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?

Explain ‘Silence surrounds us’.