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A Photograph, Oxymoron:Contradictory terms that appear in conjunction,…
A Photograph
Poetess: Shirley Toulson
This poem is a tribute to her mother 
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Theme
This poem is about the transience of human life, death, and mysteries surrounding them. The poet is looking at the photograph of her mother and missing her.
3 stages
1st stanza: The poet's mother is standing at the beach enjoying her holiday with her two cousins. She was 12 at that time.
2nd stanza: Takes us to twenty or thirty years later. The mother would laugh at the way she and her cousins were dressed up for the beach holiday.
3rd stanza: The poet remembers the sea holiday of her mother. She is sad as her mother is no more, she died twelve years back.
Figures of speech
Alliteration
Eg: 'stood still to stand', 'terribly transient', 'silent silences'
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Transferred epithet: A description that refers to an event but is used to describe a different situation or character