Question

What is laboured ease of loss?

Answer 1

The mother's past is the sea holiday where she was young and carefree, while the poet's past is the laughter of her mother. both are no more. they are trying to come to terms with the fact that they have lost their days of joy. they are experiencing mixed emotions. to let go of their past and move on is taking a lot of labor on their part.

Answer 2

Laboured ease of lose means that after suffering a lose one has to make extreme and strenuous efforts to cope with it. After the loss happens, the process of living in the present becomes laboured i.e, extreme efforts are very much required to live in the present while coping with the loss. Ultimately,the sense of ease comes when one accepts the lose and move forward in his her life.