Question

what does the poem a photograph disclose about the nature of the poetess ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The poet compares the mortal nature of human beings with the eternal nature of the sea or natural objects. With the passage of time, the poet's mother died but the vast sea has remained as it was since the photograph was taken.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Shirley Toulson’s poem ‘A Photograph’ is a loving tribute to her mother. The poem reflects the passage of time and its three stages. In the first stage, the photograph shows his mother enjoying a holiday on a beach along with her two girl cousins. She was 12 at the time. The second stage transports us to twenty or thirty years later. This stage shows the mother laughing at her picture and the way she and her cousins were dressed in the picture at a beach. In the third stage, the poet sadly remembers the dead mother with his broken heart. The photograph revives nostalgic waves in the poet