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  How I laughed at my mother's false teeth, As they foamed in the waters beneath But now comes the reckonin' It's me they are beckonin' Oh I wish I'd looked after me teeth.      (a) Explain ' But now comes the reckoning, it is me they are beckoning'. (b) What is 'they' in line 2 of the stanza? (c) When did the poetess laugh at her mother's false teeth?  

Answer:

                  (a) Now, the poetess has to pay for making fun of and laughing at her mother's false teeth as now she also needs false teeth. (b) 'They' refers to the teeth of the poetess's mother. (c) The poetess laughed at her mother's false teeth when her teeth were in a good condition during her childhood.