A Photography


1. What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has

this word been used?

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2. What has the camera captured?

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3. What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest

something to you?

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4. The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh

indicate?

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5. What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of

loss.”

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6. What does “this circumstance” refer to?

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7. The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?

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