In the poem "A Photograph", poet's mother died twelve years ago. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
In the poem “A Photograph”, poet’s mother died twelve years ago.
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In the poem A Photograph, the sea has stood onslaught of the time i.e. without any change. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
In the poem A Photograph, the sea has stood onslaught of the time i.e. without any change.
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The phrase of the poem is its silence silences which depicts poet's inability to express her grieve. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
The phrase of the poem is its silence silences which depicts poet’s inability to express her grieve.
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The happiness of poet's mother on seeing the photo and of poet seeing her mother in happy mood is ironic because her mother is sad on the loss of her youth. On the other hand, poet is sad because her mother is no more. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
The happiness of poet’s mother on seeing the photo and of poet seeing her mother in happy mood is ironic because her mother is sad on the loss of her youth. On the other hand, poet is sad because her mother is no more.
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The poem A Photograph is written in free verse. It does not have rhyme scheme. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
The poem A Photograph is written in free verse. It does not have rhyme scheme.
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The tone of the poem A Photograph is sad and melancholy. The poet memorises her dead mother who again remembers her lost youth. Both are sad. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
The tone of the poem A Photograph is sad and melancholy. The poet memorises her dead mother who again remembers her lost youth. Both are sad.
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The poem A Photograph is written in the memory of poet's mother who goes into reminiscence after seeing an old photo framed in cardboard. In the photo, there are three people, poet's mother and two of her cousins who are holding poet's mother's hands. The photo was taken when poet's mother was 12 yeRead more
The poem A Photograph is written in the memory of poet’s mother who goes into reminiscence after seeing an old photo framed in cardboard. In the photo, there are three people, poet’s mother and two of her cousins who are holding poet’s mother’s hands. The photo was taken when poet’s mother was 12 years old.
The poet then memorises how her mother laughed seeing her photo of her youth. But deep inside, she was sad because her youth was gone. Now, in the present, the poet’s mother is no more and she is remembering her (mother’s) laugh and missing her.
So the whole poet is about loss and grief because of it. Both poet and her mother laugh because of their old memories. But ironically both are sad because they have lost something.
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The sea is immortal and never changes unlike humans who are short lived and die. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
The sea is immortal and never changes unlike humans who are short lived and die.
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The reference to the sea, in the poem A Photograph is important because the poet is trying compare and contrast the immortality of sea with the mortality of humans. Throughout the years, the sea has not changed, but poet's mother grew up then died and became a memory. The time has influence over humRead more
The reference to the sea, in the poem A Photograph is important because the poet is trying compare and contrast the immortality of sea with the mortality of humans. Throughout the years, the sea has not changed, but poet’s mother grew up then died and became a memory. The time has influence over humans life but not on the sea which is timeless.
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Shirley Toulson is the poet of the poem A Photograph. Play quiz on A Photograph Summary of A Photograph
Shirley Toulson is the poet of the poem A Photograph.
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