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===Alternative Interpretations===
===Alternative Interpretations===
THEME
Our days captured in still pictures have the power to once again evoke smiles and tears of the past. A search for the lost happiness in photographs is uplifting and saddening, both at the same time. Who would not want to relive the days when the friends and family were together and days passed by without a worry. But after the momentary happiness, the present only pinches more as the void after their departure makes itself felt harder.
The poet here presents a poignant scene of the rush of memories felt when she looks at her mother’s smiling picture from before she was born. The smile was heartening but poles apart from her morose expression later in life. If not in reality, the poet got the warm comfort of her smile through the photograph.
Through the poem, we realize the essential worth of a picture, and how memories of the past prove a fuel for future life.
Source: Click [http://liveenglish11.blogspot.in/2012/07/photograph-theme-and-summary.html here]
===Context of the Poem===
===Context of the Poem===
