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Why does the poet use sea as an element in A Photograph?

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The poet uses sea as an element in the photograph to show a sharp contrast to the mortal human life. He wants to convey the difference that human life is transitory and temporary whereas the sea symbolizes permanence, immortatilty and eternity.
The poet also makes use of the phrase 'terribly transient feet' to highlight the ephemeral nature of human life.
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After about twenty or thirty years the poet?s mother would look at the photograph laughing nostalgically and remembering the past. She would appreciate the dress worn by her cousins Betty and Dolly. The sea holiday belonged to the past of her mother and the poet still remembers how her mother would laugh looking at the snap shot. For the poet both these bring great sadness and an acute sense of loss. Her mother died 12 years ago and now the poet has noting to say about this circumstance of the photograph.
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