Question

The sea holiday was her past mine is her laughter both wry with the laboured ease of loss which sea holiday is refer to here

Answer 1

Answer:

Actually both of them suffer a sense of loss. The mother loses her carefree childhood. She can't have those moments of enjoyment again that she once experienced at the beach. She can not be smiling girl of twelve again. This is also poet's loss. Perhaps she will never see that smiling face and experience her laughter again in life.