i) What emotions do you as readers feel as you look at the photograph through Shirley’s eyes? ii)What seems to be the poetess’s attitude towards death?
From A photograph by Shirley Toulson

Question

i) What emotions do you as readers feel as you look at the
photograph through Shirley’s eyes? ii)What seems to be the
poetess’s attitude towards death?
From A photograph by Shirley Toulson

Anushka Singhal · Accepted Answer

Dear student,

The answers to your questions are as follows:

We as a reader feel the pain which the poet must be feeling
while holding a memory in her hand, which her mother used to talk
about so fondly She has lost her mother long ago and now her mother
& the memories of her mother both are a thing of past for her
Readers feel nostalgic along with the poet and are compelled to
think about the importance of people and their memories in their
own life
The poetess treats death as an inevitable truth which took away
from her the most precious person and her laughter She is sad to
lose her mother but will have to deal with it and thus, she greets
the moment of realization with no words and absolute silence

Regards

i) What emotions do you as readers feel as you look at the photograph through Shirley’s eyes? ii)What seems to be the poetess’s attitude towards death? From A photograph by Shirley Toulson

i) What emotions do you as readers feel as you look at the photograph through Shirley’s eyes? ii)What seems to be the poetess’s attitude towards death?
From A photograph by Shirley Toulson