Question

The sea holiday
Was her past, mine is her laughter. Both wry
With the laboured ease of loss.
(a) What is being remembered by the poet?​

Answer 1

Answer:

BRAINLEST!!

The sea holiday was a part of the mother's childhood, her past and the mother's laughter is the poet's past as her mother is no more. 'Both' refers to the mother's laughter and the poet's memory of her mother. Both were tinged with loss-the mother had lost those happy childhood days and the poet had lost her mother.

Answer 2

'Both' refers to the mother's laughter and the poet's memory of her mother. Both were tinged with loss-the mother had lost those happy childhood days and the poet had lost her mother. Therefore 'wry'. 'laboured' conveys that both the poet and her mother were struggling, trying to cope with their loss.