Question

Why mortality highlighted in the poem photograph

Answer 1

Shirley Toulson was born on May 20, 1924 in Henley-on-Thames, England. She was into Celtic Christianity and her works were based onfolklores of Britain and Ireland. Two of her most famous works are The Celtic Alternative (1987) and The Celtic Year (1993).Shirley Toulson’s poem “A Photograph” is a tribute to her mother. The poet is looking at an old photograph of her mother when her mother was a little girl. Photographs capture a moment in a time and also the emotions felt when the photograph was taken. The photograph shows her mother playing on a beach accompanied with her two cousins. Her mother is the elder one among the two and she is holding the hands of her other cousins. The weather was windy at that time and their hair was flying on their faces when the uncletook the photograph. All the three children had a happy and smiling expression on their face.The poet expresses the view that her mother had a sweet face when the poet was not even born. The sea washes away the transient feet of the children. ‘Transient feet’ refers to the changeable nature of human beings i.e. ‘feet’ too will change with time. The sea is unchangeable and it has washed away the footprints on the sand. Similarly, the photograph and the memories have not changed while the time has changed and so has the poet’s motherwho is no more.

Answer 2

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