Gujarat BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 CommerceENGLISHPoem 12 Marks
Question
Explain. ‘The sea holiday was her past, mine is her laughter’.
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Answer
‘A photograph’ by Shirley Toulson is a nostalgic poem. The sea holiday was her mother’s past. The photograph had captured the smile of her mother at the age of twelve with her hair across her face due to the wind. The scene was captured about thirty years ago on the beach through an uncle’s camera.
When the mother saw the photo she laughed with memories flooding her mind and she also made fun of the beach dresses they were made to wear for the sea holiday. Now the mother is no more and her smile has become a thing of the past for the poet. So the poet rightly points out that the sea holiday was her mother’s past and her past is the mother’s laughter.
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