Why does the sea appear to have changed less?

Ans= The sea appears to have changed less because time brings end to the mortal being but not to the nature and its objects.

What does the poet see in the photograph?

Ans= The poet sees the sweet face of her mother in the photograph. It was a sea-holiday when the photograph was taken. The poet’s mother, her two girl cousins, Betty and Dolly went paddling, holding the poet’s mother’s hand. The poet sees in the photograph that all these three girls stood smiling at their uncle, ready with his camera to take their photograph.

The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?

Ans= The three stanza depict three different phases.

The first stanza depict the sweet, smiling face of the poet’s mother with her two girl’s cousins when they were out to enjoy their holiday at the beach. The poet’s mother was only a girl of twelve than. It was her childhood stage.

       The second phase is about the middle aged mother of the poet. That girl of twelve is a middle aged lady now and she laughs to see her girl cousins at the snapshot taken at the beach 7. The three stanzas depict three different phases. What are they?

holiday.

            The third phase is about the death of that middle aged poet’s mother. The poet mourns the death of her mother and remains speechless and thereafter reigns deeper silence.