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    The poem "A Photograph" by Shirley Toulson is a tribute to the poet's mother. It describes three stages in the passage of time through a photograph. In the first stage, the photograph shows the poet's mother at the beach enjoying a holiday as a 12-year-old girl with her cousins. In the second stage, the poet imagines her mother many years later laughing at her younger self in the photo. In the final stage, the poet remembers her now-dead mother through the photograph, reflecting on how photographs allow memories to live on after death.

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    The poem "A Photograph" by Shirley Toulson is a tribute to the poet's mother. It describes three stages in the passage of time through a photograph. In the first stage, the photograph shows the poet's mother at the beach enjoying a holiday as a 12-year-old girl with her cousins. In the second stage, the poet imagines her mother many years later laughing at her younger self in the photo. In the final stage, the poet remembers her now-dead mother through the photograph, reflecting on how photographs allow memories to live on after death.

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    The poem "A Photograph" by Shirley Toulson is a tribute to the poet's mother. It describes three stages in the passage of time through a photograph. In the first stage, the photograph shows the poet's mother at the beach enjoying a holiday as a 12-year-old girl with her cousins. In the second stage, the poet imagines her mother many years later laughing at her younger self in the photo. In the final stage, the poet remembers her now-dead mother through the photograph, reflecting on how photographs allow memories to live on after death.

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    A Photograph

    Shirley Toulson
    Breaking the Ice
    • Let’s talk about our favourite childhood memory.
    • Let’s listen to fun anecdotes of each other.
    • Let’s discuss the importance of keeping record of our memories.
    • What are the various ways of recording memories?
    • How did our ancestors who didn’t have cameras, record their precious
    moments?
    About the Author
    • As a poet she was a member of The Group, an informal group of
    poets who met in London from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s. Her work
    was included in the group's 1963 anthology A Group Anthology. In 1962 she
    and her husband Alan Brownjohn were elected as Labour councillors in the
    Wandsworth London Borough Council.
    • Shirley Toulson's poem 'A Photograph' is a tribute to her mother. The poem
    describes three stages in the passage of time. In the first stage, the
    photograph shows the poet's mother standing at the beach enjoying her
    holiday with her two girl cousins. She was around 12 years old at that time.
    Central Idea
    • A tribute to her mother
    • Three stages - mother was 12 years old
    _ mother would laugh at it 20 or 30 years later
    _ dead mother is remembered by the poet.

    • NOSTALGIA
    Theme
    • The theme of the poem Photograph is loss, memory and the transience
    of life. It explores how people may die but in a strange way they continue
    to live on in the form of memories. These memories are not just restricted
    to one's head but can also attain a tangible form such as photographs.
    Poem and Explanation
    Introduction
    • The poem shows how time takes its toll on life. We try to capture
    moments from life which remain as pictures in our mind-some faint some
    clear. It also tells us that change is the harsh and bitter reality of life. Time
    and tide wait for none. Death comes as the greatest leveller.
    • When death strikes we humans are expected to accept the loneliness, the
    vacuum it creates.
    Poetic devices
    • TONE/MOOD
    The tone of the poem A Photograph is sad and melancholic. The poet remembers her
    dead mother who again remembers her lost youth. Both are sad.
    • ALLITERATION (stood still/terribly transient)
    • OXYMORON (laboured ease)
    • TRANSFERRED EPITHET (terribly transient)
    • PERSONIFICATION (It’s silence silences)
    • ALLUSION: Cardboard
    Success Criteria
    • Understanding the thematic relation between the two.
    • Factual and inferential comprehension.
    • Establishing empathy.
    • Understanding of the structure and choice of words.
    Assignments

    Class Work Home Work


    • Long answers • All text book questions after the
    • What is the symbolism of the discussions in class.
    ‘cardboard’ in the poem?
    • What is the significance of the
    ‘camera’ in the poem?
    Class test (REVISION)

    Long questions (5+5=10) Short Questions (3+3+2+2=10)


    • The three stanzas depict three • What has the camera captured?
    different phases. What are they? • Discuss the theme of the poem.
    • Discuss all the poetic devices used • What is the relation between the two
    in the poem with proper reference. chapters, The portrait of a lady and A
    photograph?
    • What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote?

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