‘Most of all, I want to relearn. How to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror Shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs! ’

Question

Read the lines given below and answer the questions that follow:

‘Most of all, I want to relearn.
How to laugh, for my laugh in the mirror
Shows only my teeth like a snake’s bare fangs! ’

(a) Why does the poet want to relearn how to laugh?

(b) Whom does the poet want to relearn from?

(c) Mention the figure of speech used here.

Answer 1

(a) The poet has forgotten to laugh naturally. He wants to relearn to laugh because his laugh in front of the mirror shows his teeth like a snake’s bare fangs.

(b) The poet wants to relearn from his little son.

(c) Simile is the figure of speech employed here in the last line.