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

A) The mother's laughter is the poet's past because her mother is no longer alive.

B) The poetic device used here is oxymoron.'laboured ease', two opposite words are used here.

C) With laboured ease of loss means laced with the difficulties and loss the poet's mother had suffered.