THE LIVING PHOTOGRAPH

BY JACKIE

BY JACKIE KAY

LITERAL
MEANING

Stanza 1 Stanza 3
Stanza 2
The persona described her The persona at the age
The persona________ that her
grandmother as ________ and ____________had taken a
grandmother has passed to the
well-dressed with a kind smile. photograph with
other world, as all
Her smile comes from her grandmother. When she
grandmothers do.
_________. On her deathbed, she looks at the photograph,
Grandmother, who was of a tall
held the personas small she feels grandmothers
___________became
__________in her big hand. She ______________. To the
small, ___________ and
was not _____________ to leave persona, her grandmother
forgetful.
the world. is still very much
____________ and smiling at
her.
 ANSWERS:
Stanza 1
The persona described her
grandmother as tall and well-
dressed with a kind smile. Her
smile comes from her eyes. On
her deathbed, she held the
personas small hand in her big
hand. She was not afraid to leave
the world.
THE LIVING PHOTOGRAPH
BY JACKIE KAY
LITERAL
MEANING
Stanza 2
The persona accepts that her
grandmother has passed to the
other world, as all
grandmothers do.
Grandmother, who was of a tall
stature became
small, hunched and forgetful.
Stanza 3
The persona at the age
three had taken a
photograph with
grandmother. When she
looks at the photograph,
she feels grandmothers
presence. To the persona,
her grandmother is still
very much alive and
smiling at her.