Question

What is the meaning of the line "Both wry with the laboured ease of loss"?​

Answer 1

Answer:

I guess it's from the poem " The Childhood ".

Explanation:

The line refers to the sea holiday as remembered by her mother and the poet remembering her mother's laughing face. Both these now belong to the past.

Answer 2

Answer:

The context of the above lines is the poet's mother's (Shirley Toulson's mother) recollection of her childhood days and the poet's recollection of her mother's laughing face. The mother had fond memories of her past but there was a sense of loss of the carefree childhood days. The poet's loss referred to here is the loss of her mother through death and her smile. The memories in each case were beautiful, but painful to recall as time slipped away so easily.