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    A Photograph Class-Xi

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    Girijesh Dwivedi
    Shirley Toulson is a British poet influenced by Celtic Christianity, British and Irish folklore, and early church saints. The poem originates from an old photograph recalling a family holiday by the beach, evoking fond memories for the speaker. The themes are reminiscence of a carefree past for both the young mother and her daughter who now misses her. The poetic techniques explore the universal themes of immortality through art and nature contrasted with mortality, the difficulty of forgetting yet necessity of moving on, and how silence, time, and death are great healers.

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    A Photograph Class-Xi

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    Shirley Toulson is a British poet influenced by Celtic Christianity, British and Irish folklore, and early church saints. The poem originates from an old photograph recalling a family holiday by the beach, evoking fond memories for the speaker. The themes are reminiscence of a carefree past for both the young mother and her daughter who now misses her. The poetic techniques explore the universal themes of immortality through art and nature contrasted with mortality, the difficulty of forgetting yet necessity of moving on, and how silence, time, and death are great healers.

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    Shirley Toulson is a British poet influenced by Celtic Christianity, British and Irish folklore, and early church saints. The poem originates from an old photograph recalling a family holiday by the beach, evoking fond memories for the speaker. The themes are reminiscence of a carefree past for both the young mother and her daughter who now misses her. The poetic techniques explore the universal themes of immortality through art and nature contrasted with mortality, the difficulty of forgetting yet necessity of moving on, and how silence, time, and death are great healers.

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    A Photograph Class-Xi

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    Girijesh Dwivedi
    Shirley Toulson is a British poet influenced by Celtic Christianity, British and Irish folklore, and early church saints. The poem originates from an old photograph recalling a family holiday by the beach, evoking fond memories for the speaker. The themes are reminiscence of a carefree past for both the young mother and her daughter who now misses her. The poetic techniques explore the universal themes of immortality through art and nature contrasted with mortality, the difficulty of forgetting yet necessity of moving on, and how silence, time, and death are great healers.

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    SHIRLEY TOULSON

    THE POET
    A British poet
    Not very prolific
    Not known very widely known
    Influenced strongly by

    Celtic Christianity
    British and Irish folklore
    Saints of the early church

    CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE POEM


    Originates in an old photograph
    Recaps an old family holiday by
    the beach
    Evokes pleasant memories
    A link to the past

    Speaker
    Listener

    THEMES

    Reminiscences
    A young happy mother
    Fond memories

    Nostalgia
    Mother missed her carefree past
    Daughter misses her mother who is no
    more

    CRYSTALLIZES THOUGHTS

    Immortality

    Mortality

    Lifes events
    Life

    Power of memory

    Art - photograph
    Nature sea

    Difficulty of forgetting her mother


    Moving on from her past

    Silence Time the great healer


    Death

    POETIC TECHNIQUE
    Turns a commonplace event into a
    source for a
    metaphysical discussion on
    Life a mix of joy and sorrow
    Memories holiday was her past, mine is her laughter
    Death silences every one
    Time a great leveler and healer

    LANGUAGE
    Simple and unassuming, perhaps
    deliberately, to
    highlight an universal theme
    The simplicity of language contrasts
    with the
    enormity of the thought expressed

    THANK YOU

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