The mother's past is the sea holiday where she was young and carefree, while the poet's past is the laughter of her mother. both are no more. they are trying to come to terms with the fact that they have lost their days of joy. they are experiencing mixed emotions. to let go of their past and move on is taking a lot of labor on their part.
Both-good old childhood days and laughter of mother
wry-expression of dry humor
labored ease (oxomoron)
loss- that of childhood and laughter
He has a wry sense of humor, with little twists in it. She gave a wry little smile, like a check mark on her face.
"WRY" is an adjective, which describes something Use it to describe something or someone that is unusual, contrary, distorted, devious, perverse, ironic, etc. Example: "His remark about my chances of winning the contest was wry and sarcastic."
The bittersweet eulogy gave me a wry smile.
The adjective is spelled "wry" and usually means ironic, mocking, or sarcastic.
Perhaps you mean to ask about the word "wryly". It is an adverb formed from the word "wry" which means "twisted". The word "awry" means twisted out of place. "Wry" and "wryly" are now used mostly to refer to the attitude described as "ironical" or "sarcastic". In either case either the real meaning is the opposite of the apparent meaning (that is sarcasm) or something is said in full consciousness that it is silly or untrue (that is irony).
distorted at the death that comes to every one and takes away all the beauty with the least effort.
The past tense of "wry" is "wried" and the present tense is "wry."
Jool-wry Wry rhyming with "tree"
Gordon Wry was born in 1910.
Gordon Wry died in 1985.
A Rollins in the Wry was created on 2001-02-27.
He has a wry sense of humor, with little twists in it. She gave a wry little smile, like a check mark on her face.
The boy made a wry face after tasting the sour lemon
Elmer Fudd .
The homophone of "wry" is "rye".
wry
A homophone for "rye" is "wry".