Important Questions for Class 11 English Photograph Poem 1
Stanza
Question 1:
Read the given stanza and answer the questions:
Some twenty — thirty — years later
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.
(1) Who are Betty and Dolly?
(A) They are poet’s cousins
(B) They are poet’s friends
(C) They are poet’s mother’s friends
(D) They are poet’s mother’s cousins
(2) What do you mean by word ‘wry’?
(A) ironic
(B) cry
(C) sad
(D) None of the above
(3) Complete the following sentence:
She would laugh while looking all the photograph because _______________.
Short-Questions (40-50 words)
Question 1:
The poet talks about a particular cardboard. How is it special to her?
Long-Questions (120-150 words)
Question 1:
The poem “A Photograph” describes the poet’s mother and various stages of her life. Describe those three stages of the mother’s life in your own words and the stage that you like the most. Write your answer with evidence from the poem in about 120-150 words.
