How did poets and her mother suffered a sense of loss in poem a photograph?
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Explanation:
The word "cardboard" appears in the first line of Shirley Toulson's poem "A Photograph." Here, the cardboard refers to an old picture of a mother and her two children. Older photographs either tended to be mounted on stiff cardboard or were printed on thick photo-stock (which could be described as cardboard).
The poetess had lost her mother about twelve years ago and the loss of the poetess' mother is her childhood fun-time at the beach accompanied by her cousins Dolly and Betty when she was twelve years old. Poet's mother had lost her sea (beach) holiday while the poet lost her mother's smile and laughter.
The poet rejoices in the remembrance of the past with her mother and cousins ' photos. This shows her mother, her cousins Betty and Dolly, enjoy a beach holiday. Her mother was the youngest daughter and was 12 at the time. The uncle captures the images through the camera's revolving eyes. The cousins smile and pose and the poet recalls how her mother looked at the picture years later.
The poet recollects and points out how the girls have been dressed in a beach holiday with her relatives. The mother had happy moments from time to time in the picture. There is no more a bright smile because her mother no longer exists. The silence of grief penetrates the poet. The memories of the past cannot be resurrected and with that the poet acknowledged her destiny and resigned to her fate.