Question

"The sea holiday was her past,
Ming is her laughter. Both wry
With labored ease of loss"

A)Why is mother's laughter the poet's past?
B)Name the poetic device used in above lines.
C)Explain last line of the exact​

Answer 1

Answer:

The chapter is The Photograph

a)The mother's laughter is poet past because just like the past things, her mother is not with her. She died around 11 years ago. That is why poet wrote that her laughter was her past just like the visit to beach was her mother's past

b)The poetic devices used is oxymoron

c)The last line of extract tells us that both the mother and the poet are struggling to cope up their respective loss. But at the end they both realised and accepted their loss and hence ease word is used.