Question

How does the poet use the photograph as a symbol of history of women in the poem

This Is a Photograph of Me?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The poem implies that photographs allow us to see things clearly, and yet her description of the photograph shows the limits of mere photographic realism. As the speaker describes, detail by detail, the features of the photograph (lines 6-14), she creates a tone of comforting familiarity.