WorksheetsTHE LIVING PHOTOGRAPH
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
In stanza 1, which words mean ‘open embroidery on white linen'?
Broderie anglaise
Pleated skirt
Cloth
flat shirt
Describe the grandmother’s skirt and shoes?
The skirt is pleated and the shoes are flat.
The shoe is pleated and the skirts are flat.
Both, the skirts and shoes are white.
What does the photograph represent?
The photograph represents the memories the persona has of her late grandmother.
The photograph represents the death of her late grandmother.
The photograph represents the persona childhood days.
Why do you think the writer’s ‘small grandmother is tall’ in the photograph?
probably because the photo was taken when the writer’s grandmother was younger
may be the grandmother was the tallest in the family
the grandmother possibly likes soup that made her tall
The following best describes the poem except
