Question

What does “this circumstance” refer to?

Answer 1

ANSWER :

‘This circumstances” refers to the present mental state of the poet when she has been living so long without her mother. She feels terribly  sad and lonely without her mother.

**This poem 'A photograph’ was written by Shirley Toulson. In this poem the poet describe how deeply she feels the loss of her mother. Her mother has now been dead for more than 12 years.

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