{"id":8209,"date":"2020-08-21T12:54:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T07:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncertsolutions.guru\/?p=8209"},"modified":"2020-08-21T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T07:33:57","slug":"ncert-solutions-for-class-11-english-hornbill-poem-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncertsolutions.guru\/ncert-solutions-for-class-11-english-hornbill-poem-1\/","title":{"rendered":"NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English Hornbill Poem 1 A Photograph"},"content":{"rendered":"

NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English<\/a><\/p>\n

A Photograph NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English Hornbill Poem 1<\/h2>\n

A Photograph NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers<\/h3>\n

A Photograph\u00a0About the poet<\/strong><\/p>\n

Shirley Toulson was born on 20 May 1924, in Henley-on-Thames, England, as the daughter of Douglas Horsfall Dixon and Marjorie Brown. She had a huge passion for writing and was greatly influenced by her father who was a writer too. She secured a BA in Literature from Brockenhurst College in London in 1953. Shortly after, she took to writing as a career and also served as the editor for many magazines in the meantime.<\/p>\n

A Photograph Main Theme<\/strong><\/p>\n

The poet sees the photograph of her mother at a seaside holiday along with her two cousins. The mother is only twelve years old in the photograph. Now she has been dead for twelve years.
\nThe poetess is acutely conscious of her loss. She speaks of the shortness of human life against the permanence of the sea. The finality of death is stressed in the last stanza\u2014particularly in the last two lines.<\/p>\n

A Photograph Think it out<\/strong><\/p>\n

Question 1.
\nWhat does the word \u2018cardboard\u2019 denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
\nAnswer:
\nA photograph; it recreates a happy past which is now as lifeless as the cardboard it is printed on.<\/p>\n

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Question 2.
\nWhat has the camera captured?
\nAnswer:
\nTwo cousins on each side of a twelve-year-old girl holding hands, smiling. The three girls are on a seaside holiday.<\/p>\n

Question 3.
\n\u2018What has not changed over the years?\u2019 Does this suggest something to you?
\nAnswer:
\nThe sea shows the permanence of nature as compared to temporariness of human lives.<\/p>\n

Question 4.
\nThe poet\u2019s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?
\nAnswer:
\nCarefree happiness of a twelve-year-old girl on a holiday at seaside.<\/p>\n

Question 5.
\nWhat is the meaning of the line \u201cBoth wry with the laboured ease of loss\u201d?
\nAnswer:
\nThe sea holiday and her laughter have now become distorted due to ease acquired with great difficulty. The loss of mother is extremely painful to the poet. Over the years, with difficulty, she has come to terms with it; therefore, she uses the words \u2018the laboured ease of loss.\u2019 The joy of the mother\u2019s sea holiday and her laughter in the photograph only bring her pain. Therefore, the expression used is \u2018wry\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Question 6.
\nWhat does \u2018this circumstance\u2019 refer to?
\nAnswer:
\nThe mother being dead.<\/p>\n

Question 7.
\nThe three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?
\nAnswer:<\/p>\n