Briefly comment on the title "A Photograph".
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The poem photograph is written by shirley toulson. In this poem poet remembers the past of mother by looking into the picture and recognizing her enjoyable moments with betty,dolly and her uncle at beach holiday. Poets mother was 12 years old with sweet,shinning and laughing face. In this poem "and the sea ,which appears less changed" here is compared to human life as poet mother is no more after 4or 5 decades ;she is in grief ,pain and sorrow about the death of her mom.she compares human life with sea as sea is perrenial,immortal but humal life is mortal and short-lived . Since poet visits the same place where her mother had spent her holiday where she find everything as previous that was before in photo frame. Now at the end of the scene she finds she is left alone leaving all smiles,enjoment ,togetherness and affection behind. ONLY the THING LEFT WITH HER IS SADNESS,pain, GRIEF AND lONELINESS
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Justify the title of the poem "The Photograph"
In Toulson's poem "The Photograph", Touslon describes the emotions felt as remembering the story behind the image and what it means to the poet now.
Photographs capture a moment in time, and with that capture the emotions felt during the moment the photo was taken as well.
For the poet, the images brings out feelings of loss given her mother has passed away (12 years prior). The poet remembers her mother looking at the image and laughing as she recalled the moment in time.
The title of the poem represents something very different for the poet than it dis for her mother. The image evokes a sadness of the loss of her mother, while it evoked thoughts of happiness for her mother.
Materialistically, the poet can find sadness that those depicted in the image have changed while the scenery in the photo has been allowed to stay the same. Here, the poet could sense a feeling of the memory being unfair given the ocean has been allowed to exist, without change, over the years while her mother has changed dramatically and is now gone.
Therefore, the title of the poem creates a double meaning for both the poet and the poet's mother. For one it is sadness and the other is happiness. The poet finds this ironic given her saddness is associated with her mother's happiness.
Another justification behind the title lies in the fact that a photograph captures something seen by many and can, therefore, evoke many different feelings for those depicted and those looking at the image.