Question

what comparison between the sea and human beings has been drawn in a photograph

Answer 1

In the poem A Photograph Sherly Toulson compares the sea to non permanency or transient nature of human life i.e., the poets mother in the picture was then present but in the present the mother is not there while the sea still exists.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer to the question-" what comparison between the sea and human beings has been drawn in a photograph "is-

He compares the sea to non permanency or transient nature of human life

Explanation:

• In the poem" A Photograph " ,here Sherly Toulson compares the sea to transient nature or non permanency of human life.
• According to  poet, human life is very short-lived, temporary  and transitory  as compared to the sea which is a symbol of  immortality ,eternity and permanence,
• The poet here uses the phrase 'terribly transient feet' to focus the temporal nature of human life.
• Here , the poets mother in the picture was then present but in the present life  the mother is not there while the sea still exists.
• The life of a human being is nothing as compared to the life of a sea.