Question

The sea holiday

Was her past, mine is her laughter.

Both wry With the laboured ease of loss.”



1. Who is ‘her’ in the above lines?

2. Why is the mother’s laughter the poet’s past?

3. What is the poetic device used in the phrase ‘laboured ease of loss’?​

Answer 1

Answer:

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

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.