THE LIVING PHOTOGRAPH

What is the title of the poem that you have asked to study?

• My Grandmother

• The Living Photograph

• The Live Photograph

The poem is written in

• 3 stanzas

• 1 stanzas

• 4 stanzas

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?

• ab ab cd cd

• abcd abcd

• no rhyme scheme

• abcdef abcdef

In stanza 1, the personal describes her grandmother as the following except

• Her grandmother is still young

• Her grandmother is still healthy

• Her grandmother back is hunched and small

What is the meaning of ‘white hand in black hand’?

• Her grandmother’s hand is white

• Her hand is in her grandmother’s hand

• They are from mix-race family

• The family skin is different

What happened to her grandmother’s physical appearance as she aged?

• She became smaller and shorter

• She became kind and smile a lot

• Her eyes became blue

• She became forgetful

Why do you think the grandmother forgot to boil her soup?

• She totally forgot about it

• She became senile

• She didn’t want a hot soup

How does the persona describe death?

• Unknown unthinkable

• Didn’t know and she didn't want to think about it

• Dangerous

• scary

How old was the persona when the photograph was taken?

• 3 months old

• 3 years old

• 3 weeks old

• 3 years ago

In stanza 1, which word refers to the grandmother’s hair

• Grey bun

• Straight

• White