The Photograph is a poem by Shirley Toulson. It refers to a woman looking at a photo of her mother.
The first stanza is about the childhood of the poet's mother; the second: her childhood with her mother; and last: the poet's adult life without her mother.
oxymeron
there is nothing left to express but silence and acceptance of loss
An oxymoron is a term or statement that contradicts itself, or seems to. Examples often given are "giant shrimp" or "controlled chaos". Some are literary effects designed to create a paradox, while others are done for humor. The poem "A Photograph" contains the oxymoron "laboured ease", which in the context of loss may mean avoiding the public display of grief. (The poem is available at the related link.)
don't be lazy actually read it and you will learn something.
It means a photograph with ur signature on it..............
oxymeron
shirley toulson is female
shirley toulson is a female and i am sure of it.................
there is nothing left to express but silence and acceptance of loss
Shirley toulsan was born in 20. 1924 in England. she was writer, editor of magazine. she came under the influenced of Celtic Christianity. her two notable writing are Celtic alternative in 1987 & Celtic year in 1993. after she won prize for mending hill.
distorted at the death that comes to every one and takes away all the beauty with the least effort.
TOULSON, SHIRLEYShirley Toulson has been writing books on the social history of the countryside since 1974. She is a leading authority on ancient tracks and drove roads and is the author of 'The Drovers' Roads of Wales' and 'The Drovers RoadsShirley Toulson, who lives in Somerset, was drawn into the spell of Celtic Christianity as she worked on her books dealing with the oldest roads and folklore of Britain and Ireland, and found herself following the routes taken on their journeys by the saints of the early church. Among her writings are: THE CELTIC ALTERNATIVE (1987) and THE CELTIC YEAR (1993).The poet remembers her mother who died about twelve years ago. There is a photograph taken when her mother had gone for a sea holiday with her cousins and her uncle. Looking at the photograph, she experiences the great loss of her mother.
Shirley Temple was born on April 23, 1928 at 9:00 p.m. at Santa Monica Hospital, Californa.
Some poetic devices used in the poem "A Photograph" by Shirley Toulson include imagery (descriptive language that creates visual pictures), personification (attributing human qualities to non-human objects), and symbolism (the use of objects to represent deeper meanings or ideas).
Roger Toulson was born in 1946.
An oxymoron is a term or statement that contradicts itself, or seems to. Examples often given are "giant shrimp" or "controlled chaos". Some are literary effects designed to create a paradox, while others are done for humor. The poem "A Photograph" contains the oxymoron "laboured ease", which in the context of loss may mean avoiding the public display of grief. (The poem is available at the related link.)
summary of the poem words for father by shirley lim