Question

Some twenty - thirty - years later
She'd laugh at the snapshot.
"See Betty And Dolly," she'd say, "and
look how they Dressed us for the beach."
The sea holiday Was her past, mine is her laughter.
Both wry With the laboured ease of loss.
(a) Where are these lines from and who as the poet ?
(b) How would the poet's mother have reacted to the photograph?
(c) Which two things now belong to the past?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1 - Where are these lines from and who as the poet ? -

These lines are from the poem A Photograph by Shirly Toulson

2 - How would the poet's mother have reacted to the photograph?

The poet's mother would have laughed at herself when she saw herself as a young girl in the photograph, dressed up casually for an outing on the beach.

3 - Which two things now belong to the past?​

The photograph and her mother's laughter both now belong to the past

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