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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’?​

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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’?​

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Answer 2

The questions have been asked from ‘A Photograph’ by Shirley Toulson.

• After seeing one of her mom's pictures, the poet recalled her mom's youth. She was photographed on a beach with her sisters while on vacation.
• The correct answers are -

1. Her in the lines is the mother

2. The laughter is in the past as the mother is no more

3. The poetic device used is Oxymoron as it brings two contradictory elements ie, laboured and ease together.