NCERT Class 12 English Poetry My Mother at Sixty six

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Kamala Das (1934-2009) was born in Malabar, Kerala.
She is recognised as one of India’s foremost poets. Her works are known for their originality, versatility and the indigenous flavour of the soil. Kamala Das has published many novels and short stories in English and Malayalam under the name ‘Madhavikutty’. Some of her works in English include the novel Alphabet of Lust (1977), a collection of short stories Padmavati the Harlot and Other Stories (1992), in addition to five books of poetry. She is a sensitive writer who captures the complex subtleties of human relationships in lyrical idiom, My Mother at Sixty-six is an example.

Before you read
Ageing is a natural process; have you ever thought what our elderly parents expect from us?

Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face shen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she was as old as she looked but soon put that thought away, and looked out at Young Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling

NCERT Class 12 English Poetry My Mother at Sixty six 
out of their homes, but after the airport’s security check, standing a few yards away, I looked again at her, wan, pale as a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood’s fear, but all I said was, see you soon, Amma, all I did was smile and smile and smile......

NCERT Class 12 English Poetry My Mother at Sixty six

 
More Important Questions For CBSE Class 12 English Poetry My Mother at Sixty six........

1. I saw my mother
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with pain ……
(a) Who is ‘I’?
(b) What did ‘I’ realise with pain?
(c) Why was the realisation painful?
(d) Identify and name the figure of speech used in these lines.
 
Ans.(a) ‘I’ in the above extract is the poet narrating the incident from a daughter’s point of view.
(b) The poet realised with pain that her mother is nearing old age.
(c) The poet is pained by the realisation because her mother now looked as old as she was, her bodily infirmities that have come, show that she was approaching her death and it was a hard fact to accept for the poet.
(d) The figure of speech used is simile and the line is, ‘ashen like that of a corps’.
 
2. ……… but soon
put that thought away and looked out at young trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes,
(a) Which thought did the poet put away?
(b) What do the ‘sprinting trees’ signify?
(c) What are ‘the merry children spilling
out of their homes’, symbolic of?
 
Ans. (a) The poet put away the thought of her aging mother and her gradual declining health. It pained her to think about losing her mother to death soon and the invertible final separation.
(b) ‘Sprinting trees’ signify energy, youth and activity. The poet wants to contrast young trees with her old mother.
(c) The merry children spilling out of their homes’ is symbolic of happiness, energy and playfulness. It can also be symbolic of poet’s sad thoughts being
contrasted with ‘merry children’.
 
3. What were the poet’s feelings as she drove to Cochin airport?

Ans. As she drove to Cochin airport, the thought that her mother looked old and withered, disturbed the poet. Her childhood fears haunted her again.


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Flamingo Chapter 01 The Last Lesson
NCERT Class 12 English The Last Lesson
Flamingo Chapter 02 Lost Spring
NCERT Class 12 English Lost Spring
Flamingo Chapter 03 Deep Water
NCERT Class 12 English Deep Water
Flamingo Chapter 04 The Rattrap
NCERT Class 12 English The Rattrap
Flamingo Chapter 05 Indigo
NCERT Class 12 English Indigo
Flamingo Chapter 06 Poets and Pancakes
NCERT Class 12 English Poets and Pancakes
Flamingo Chapter 07 The Interview
NCERT Class 12 English The Interview
Flamingo Chapter 08 Going Places
NCERT Class 12 English Going Places
Flamingo Poetry Chapter 01 My Mother at Sixty six
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry My Mother at Sixty six
Flamingo Poetry Chapter 02 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
Flamingo Poetry Chapter 03 Keeping Quiet
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Keeping Quiet
Flamingo Poetry Chapter 04 A Thing of Beauty
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry A Thing of Beauty
Flamingo Poetry Chapter 05 A Roadside Stand
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry A Roadside Stand
Flamingo Poetry Chapter 06 Aunt Jennifers Tigers
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Aunt Jennifers Tigers
Kaleidoscope Drama Chapter 01 Chandalika
NCERT Class 12 English Drama Chandalika
Kaleidoscope Drama Chapter 02 Broken Images
NCERT Class 12 English Drama Broken Images
Kaleidoscope Non Fiction Chapter 01 Freedom
NCERT Class 12 English Non Fiction Freedom
Kaleidoscope Non Fiction Chapter 02 The Mark on The Wall
NCERT Class 12 English Non Fiction The Mark on The Wall
Kaleidoscope Non Fiction Chapter 03 Film Making
NCERT Class 12 English Non Fiction Film Making
Kaleidoscope Non Fiction Chapter 04 Why The Novel Matters
NCERT Class 12 English Non Fiction Why The Novel Matters
Kaleidoscope Non Fiction Chapter 05 The Argumentative Indian
NCERT Class 12 English Non Fiction The Argumentative Indian
Kaleidoscope Non Fiction Chapter 06 On Science Fiction
NCERT Class 12 English Non Fiction On Science Fiction
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 01 A Lecture Upon the Shadow
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry A Lecture Upon the Shadow
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 02 Poems By Milton
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Poems By Milton
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 03 Poems By Blake
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Poems By Blake
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 04 Kubla Khan
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Kubla Khan
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 05 Trees
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Trees
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 06 The Wild Swans at Coole
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry The Wild Swans at Coole
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 07 Time and Time Again
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Time and Time Again
Kaleidoscope Poetry Chapter 08 Blood
NCERT Class 12 English Poetry Blood
Kaleidoscope Short Stories Chapter 01 I Sell my Dreams
NCERT Class 12 English I Sell my Dreams
Kaleidoscope Short Stories Chapter 02 Eveline
NCERT Class 12 English Eveline
Kaleidoscope Short Stories Chapter 03 A Wedding in Brownsville
NCERT Class 12 English A Wedding in Brownsville
Kaleidoscope Short Stories Chapter 04 Tomorrow
NCERT Class 12 English Tomorrow
Kaleidoscope Short Stories Chapter 05 One Centimetre
NCERT Class 12 English One Centimetre
Vistas Chapter 01 The Third Level
NCERT Class 12 English The Third Level
Vistas Chapter 02 The Tiger King
NCERT Class 12 English The Tiger King
Vistas Chapter 03 Journey to the end of the Earth
NCERT Class 12 English Journey to the end of the Earth
Vistas Chapter 04 The Enemy
NCERT Class 12 English The Enemy
Vistas Chapter 05 Should Wizard Hit Mommy
NCERT Class 12 English Should Wizard Hit Mommy
Vistas Chapter 06 On the Face of It
NCERT Class 12 English On The Face Of It
Vistas Chapter 07 Evans Tries an O Level
NCERT Class 12 English Evans Tries An O Level
Vistas Chapter 08 Memories of Childhood
NCERT Class 12 English Memories Of Childhood

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