describe the feeling of the mother and the daughter when they looked at the photograph
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Explanation:
The poet feels emotional because the photograph is of her mother's childhood. It had been captured by her mother's uncle when she along with her cousins had gone to the beach to have fun. The photograph brings tears to her eyes because now her mother is no more in this world. This thought evokes pangs in her heart.
Thus, the poet's feelings on seeing the photograph are nostalgic, with a tinge of deep sorrow. The poet feels emotional because the photograph is of her mother's childhood. It had been captured by her mother's uncle when she along with her cousins had gone to the beach to have fun.
The poet's mother was cheerful person. She enjoyed her childhood days with her cousins,which is evident in the photograph of the sea holiday that they had once enjoyed. ... The memory of the holiday made her laugh. She was not gloomy and unhappy for the golden days that had passed.
The tone of the poem is that of sadness. Shirley Toulson looks at an old photograph of her mother and is reminded of her mother who is no more. She recalls the moment when her mother was twelve years old and looked sweet and happy.
She becomes nostalgic. ... She is reminded of a time when her mother was young and she was a child. She remembers how her mother used to look at one of her old photograph, where she posed in the beach with her cousins Betty and Dolly with a smile