LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
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In the poem, what is being referred to as the “lost objects” being searched by the persona?
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Random objects
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Lover once lost
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Temporary happiness
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Money spent
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first loss is poet’s mother’s youth. While seeing the photograph, her mother laughs but deep inside she is sorrowful as she has lost the most precious time of her life. On the other hand, for poet, the death of her mother is a loss. She is missing that laugh of her mother.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poet can find his lost childhood in the picture of an infant. Yes he has lost his childhood irrevocably. The poem Childhood by Markus Natten is about his lost childhood. He also wants to know where his innocence has gone.
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