Whose transient feet is the poet talking about? Why are they transient
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The poet refers to the transient feet of his mother. Transient refers to something that is temporary or short-lived.
This happens in the poem "A Photograph" where a photograph taken on a beach will be recollected as nostalgia.
The poet refers to the prints of the feet left on sea sand and recollects on how her mother would enjoy that snap. It brings a great feeling of loss to the poet reflecting the past of her mother who is no more.
The poet, Shirley Toulson, in the poem 'The Photograph' is talking about her mother’s feet. They are transient because of death. The truth and mystery of the poet’s mother’s death fills her with sadness. The constant pain she experiences on account of her loss makes her silent. She is unable to solve the mystery about death. She can’t do anything about it. Whenever she remembers her mother, she just becomes silent with the pain that followed after her mother’s death.