Question

What does this circumstances in the poem The Photograph refer to ?

Answer 1

This circumstances refers to the silences after the death of the poets' mother which bring sorrow and sad nostalgic to the poet as the silence caused due to the departure of the loved one silences everything .

Answer 2

Here is ur answer mate,

Here "this circumstance" refers the period since her mother died and she has no snapshots to express her feelings.

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