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    The poem describes a photograph of the poet and their grandmother when the poet was three years old. In the photo, the grandmother appears tall and smiles, but her eyes seem to know of her coming death. Over time, the once tall grandmother became small and frail as she aged. However, the grandmother's smiling face remains alive and living through the photograph, which captures a moment in time between the poet and their grandmother.

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    Poems

    Section D
    32. Read the following poem The Living Photograph and answer the questions that
    follow.

    The Living Photograph


    My small grandmother is tall there,
    straight-back, white broderie anglaise shirt,
    pleated skirt, flat shoes, grey bun,
    a kind, old smile round her eyes.
    Her big hand holds mine
    white hand in black hand.
    Her sharp blue eyes look her own death in the eye.

    It was true after all, that look.


    My tall grandmother became small.
    Her back round and hunched
    Her soup forgot to boil.
    She went to the awful place grandmothers go
    Somewhere unknown, unthinkable.

    But there she is still,


    In the photo with me at three,
    The crinkled smile is still living, breathing.

    Jackie Kay

    1. In the first stanza, what does the word there refer to?
    ________________________________________________________[1mark]

    2. Which line tells you that the writer and her grandmother come from different
    ethnic background?
    _______________________________________________________ [1mark]

    3. Why do you think the writers small grandmother is tall in the photo?
    ________________________________________________________[1mark]

    4. Explain the meaning of the word crinkled.


    _______________________________________________________ [1mark]

    5. State the moral lesson you have learned from the poem
    _______________________________________________________ [1mark]

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