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Answer and Explanation:

The poet shows how he does not have a concrete vision of his own father, this is because the poet did not live with him and the only image he has of the father in his mind is what an old photograph that shows an outdated and unrelated view of truth.  The poet also seems to have a distant relationship with her mother, who seems to live in fear of the world and managing what was left by her father. We can see this through the line "Too fearfel to confront the world" which means that the mother was very shaken by the death of her husband and stopped living in a subjective way, not establishing a relationship with the other members of the family. Except with the other daughter who struggles to do household chores, even if it costs her dreams.