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What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?

Answer» The sea has not changed over the years. It is still the same. The sea symbolizes eternity. On the contrary human life is transitory and this transience is compared to the nature which is permanent and eternal.
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What does “this circumstance” refer to?

Answer» ‘This circumstance’ refers to the present situation of the poet wherein the poet is absorbed in the painful memory of her dead mother. Looking at the photograph and thinking of her mother’s laughter, the poet also realises that it has been the same number of years since her mother died as her mother’s age in the photograph i.e.. twelve years.
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What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.

Answer» The line refers to the sea holiday as remembered by her mother and the poet remembering her mother’s laughing face. Both these now belong to the past. Her mother is no more now. The memories in both the cases, were beautiful yet painful to recall as time has paced away fast.
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