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    The document is an English assignment containing an excerpt from a poem and questions about it. [1] The excerpt describes a photograph taken of the poet's mother and two others standing by the sea. The questions ask who the "three" refer to, when the incident took place, and what "smile through their hair" and "terribly transient feet" imply. [2] The next excerpt describes the poet's mother looking at the same snapshot and mentioning two other women, Betty and Dolly. The questions ask who Betty and Dolly were, what the mother's laughter indicated, and what "laboured ease of loss" signifies. [3] The assignment asks the student to answer

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    The document is an English assignment containing an excerpt from a poem and questions about it. [1] The excerpt describes a photograph taken of the poet's mother and two others standing by the sea. The questions ask who the "three" refer to, when the incident took place, and what "smile through their hair" and "terribly transient feet" imply. [2] The next excerpt describes the poet's mother looking at the same snapshot and mentioning two other women, Betty and Dolly. The questions ask who Betty and Dolly were, what the mother's laughter indicated, and what "laboured ease of loss" signifies. [3] The assignment asks the student to answer

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    DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL BANGALORE NORTH

    ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT- CLASS XI


    A Photograph
    I Read the extract and answer the questions
    1 “All three stood still to smile through their hair 
          At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face
         My mother’s, that was before I was born.
         And the sea ,which appears to have changed less
         Washed their terribly transient feet.”  

    a) Who does the ‘three’ refer to ?


    b) When did this incident take place?
    c)What does the image ‘to smile through their hair ‘imply?
    d) Explain the line “terribly transient feet”.

    2 “She’d look 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.”
    a) Who were Betty and Dolly?
    b) “She’d laugh at the snapshot”. What does this laugh indicate?
    c) What does ‘laboured ease of loss signify’?
    d) When and by whom was the snapshot taken?

    II Answer the following questions in about 30 to 40 words  


    1. What does the word “cardboard” denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
    2. The three stanzas depicts three different phases. What are they?
    3 . Explain “its silence silences.”
    4 . What does “this circumstance” refer to?
    5 How does the poet contrast the girls with the sea?

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