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My Mother At Sixty Six By Kamala Das
Theme • Constraints of old age • Bond between the mother and the daughter • Aspirations and helplessness of the youth • Different stages of life • Change: the eternal law • Nature: a relief and refuge
Features • Contemporary subject- Professional commitments vs. social/ family commitments • Ample use of literary devices- simile. Metaphor, transferred epithet, alliteration • Subtle portrayal of emotions • Practical approach of the new age • Conflicting situation • Subtle meaningful images
Comprehension Check • What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels? • Why are the young trees describe as sprinting? • Why has the poet brought in the image of merry children ‘spilling out of their homes’? • Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter moon’?
Comprehension check contd. • What do the parting word and smile of the poet signify? • Comment on the universal appeal of the poem. • How do the parting words and smile reflect on the character of the narrator?
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My mother at sixty six

  • 1. My Mother At Sixty Six By Kamala Das
  • 2. Theme • Constraints of old age • Bond between the mother and the daughter • Aspirations and helplessness of the youth • Different stages of life • Change: the eternal law • Nature: a relief and refuge
  • 3. Features • Contemporary subject- Professional commitments vs. social/ family commitments • Ample use of literary devices- simile. Metaphor, transferred epithet, alliteration • Subtle portrayal of emotions • Practical approach of the new age • Conflicting situation • Subtle meaningful images
  • 4. Comprehension Check • What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels? • Why are the young trees describe as sprinting? • Why has the poet brought in the image of merry children ‘spilling out of their homes’? • Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter moon’?
  • 5. Comprehension check contd. • What do the parting word and smile of the poet signify? • Comment on the universal appeal of the poem. • How do the parting words and smile reflect on the character of the narrator?
  • 6. A Presentation By Vandana varma