English, asked by vipingulia742, 8 months ago

&. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that foll
The sea holiday
Was her past, mine is her laughter. Both wry
With the laboured ease of loss.
a. Which sea holiday is referred to here?
b. What was poetesspast?
c. Why is the poetess nostalgic about her mother's laughter?
d. Give the name of the poet.

Answers

Answered by anna288

Explanation:

In these lines, the poet says that her mother used to consider the photograph as an

inroad to the past that she had left behind. On the other hand, the poet herself

considered the memory of her mother laughing as a relic of the past that she missed

every day. In both cases, the memories of the past made the two womencontemplating them feel disappointed as they tried hard to come to terms with what they had lost.

A) The sea holiday which the poetess's mother enjoyed with her cousins when she was a lil girl.

B)✨The poetess recounts the sweet memories of her mother's childhood which she spent with her cousins betty and dolly . The past of her mother is the SEA HOLiDAY that she spent when she was just about 12. The present situation , the authors mother is no more now .

C)The speaker is nostalgic when she remembers her mother's laughter at the snapshot and then remembering that her mother is no more. The speaker feels extremly emotional when she sees the photograph.It brings back memories of her mother's laughter which was a soothing sound for her.

D) Shirley Toulson

Answered by tamannapurohit10

a. These lines mean that when the poet's mother looked at the photograph she remembered her childhood and she used to laugh looking at it because of the way she and her cousins were dressed in the photograph and also due to remembering her memories.

b.The poetess recounts the sweet memories of her mother's childhood which she spent with her cousins betty and dolly . The past of her mother is the SEA HOLiDAY that she spent when she was just about 12. The present situation , the authors mother is no more now .

c.The speaker is nostalgic when she remembers her mother's laughter at the snapshot and then remembering that her mother is no more. The speaker feels extremly emotional when she sees the photograph.It brings back memories of her mother's laughter which was a soothing sound for her.

Answers

a. These lines mean that when the poet's mother looked at the photograph she remembered her childhood and she used to laugh looking at it because of the way she and her cousins were dressed in the photograph and also due to remembering her memories.

b.The poetess recounts the sweet memories of her mother's childhood which she spent with her cousins betty and dolly . The past of her mother is the SEA HOLiDAY that she spent when she was just about 12. The present situation , the authors mother is no more now .

c.The speaker is nostalgic when she remembers her mother's laughter at the snapshot and then remembering that her mother is no more. The speaker feels extremly emotional when she sees the photograph.It brings back memories of her mother's laughter which was a soothing sound for her.

d. Shirley Toulson

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