Analysing Textual Poems 3

Read the lines from the poem 'Once Upon a Time' and answer the questions
that follow:
Once upon a time, son,
they used to laugh with their hearts
and laugh with their eyes;
but now they only laugh with their teeth,
while their ice-block-cold eyes
search behind my shadow.
1. What does the expression 'Once Upon a Time' imply?
2. Comment on the expression, ' but now they only laugh with their teeth’.
3. The poet talks about 'their hearts', 'their teeth', 'and their ice-block-cold eyes'.
Who are referred to here?
4. Pick out the expressions the poet uses to contrast the past with the present.