In the poem a photograph, the three stanzas depict the different phases. What are they?
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Answer:
The first stanza depicts the happy and carefree days of the poetess' mother when she was a young girl. That is her childhood. The second stanza depicts the middle age when the poetess' mother has forgotten to laugh because of the depressing circumstances. The last stanza depicts a stage when the poetess mourn's the loss of her mother in a symbolic way. The mother's loss is not only a physical one but one of her identity, which leaves the poetess speechless.
Explanation:
The three stanza depict three different phases.
The first stanza depict the sweet, smiling face of the poet’s mother with her two girl’s cousins when they were out to enjoy their holiday at the beach. The poet’s mother was only a girl of twelve than. It was her childhood stage.
The second phase is about the middle aged mother of the poet. That girl of twelve is a middle aged lady now and she laughs to see her girl cousins at the snapshot taken at the beach.
The third phase is about the death of that middle aged poet’s mother. The poet mourns the death of her mother and remains speechless and thereafter reigns deeper silence.
Answer:
The first stanza refers to the childhood days of the poet’s mother when she was twelve years old or so. The stanza depicts a photograph of her mother when she went for a beach holiday with her cousins and uncle.
The second stanza refers to the poet’s childhood days when her mother had become an adult. It depicts her mother recalling her childhood days while looking at the old photograph of hers.
In the last stanza, the poet’s adult life is described in which her mother is not with her anymore. She has been dead for almost twelve years. The stanza depicts the poet’s looking at the same photograph and recollecting her mother’s laughter. The loss of her mother puts her in utter grief. She has no words to describe the terrible pain of her mother’s death.