NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English Hornbill A Photograph (Poem)
NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English Hornbill A Photograph (Poem) A. Infer the meanings of the following words from the context: paddling, transient Now look up the dictionary to see if your inference is right. Answer: ‘Paddling’ means ‘wading’ or ‘rowing’ a boat. ‘Transient’ means temporary. Dictionary meanings: ‘Paddling’ means ‘walking or standing with barefeet in shallow water’. ‘Went paddling’ means ‘swam with short movements of hands or feet up and down’. ‘Transient’ means ‘staying in a place for only short time’. Class 11 English Hornbill A Photograph Think It Out Question 1: What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used? Answer: The word cardboard denotes the photograph pasted on a hard thick paper. This word has been used to refer to a practice in the past when photographs were pasted on cardboard and framed with glass front to preserve them. Question 2: What has the camera captured? Answer: The camera has captured the three girls—the...