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Background Material by Tony Harrison
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- Thu Jul 11 2002

... Speaking and Listening Background Material by Tony Harrison James-Blue Siobhan-Purple Doug-Red Scott-Green Tony Harrison, the author and son, appears to have written this poem about his parents, and his relationship with them. This poem appears to be recalling moments of family unity-moments of both sadness and happiness. The son appears to be sat at a desk, perhaps at an office or study at their family home. A double frame sits on the desk, reminding him of good times. He looks at the two photo's, and thinks about them both carefully. In my opinion, he wasn't as close to his parents as he would have wished, or perhaps he feels now he didn't know them as well as he thought. In the first stanza, he informs us of the two photographs on his desk-one of his mother, and one of his father. He intimates that their relationship as a married couple, which lasted for at least 40 years,














