Introduction What has the camera captured in Shirley Toulson’s “A Photograph“? The camera has captured a happy childhood moment of the poet’s mother with her two cousins, Betty and Dolly, at a seaside holiday. The mother is about twelve years old, while her cousins hold her hands as they paddle in the water. Her uncle … Read more
Introduction Elizabeth Jennings’s “Father to Son” is a quiet, aching poem about a relationship that has drifted apart without either person choosing it to. If you’re preparing for your Class 11 English exam and searching for father’s helplessness in the poem, the short answer is this: it is shown through his emotional distance from his … Read more
Introduction In Shirley Toulson’s poem “A Photograph,” the meaning of cardboard in a photograph is simple on the surface but rich underneath. The word refers to the stiff, thick paper mount or backing on which old photographs were traditionally pasted before framing a common household object in the mid-twentieth century. But cardboard also carries a … Read more