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    My Mother at Sixty-Six: Kamala Das

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    The poem is about the poet noticing her mother's aging appearance during a car ride to the airport. Her mother looked tired and pale, resembling a corpse, which made the poet think about her mother's mortality and feel sad. At the airport, her mother appeared even more dull and pale like a late winter moon. This evoked the poet's childhood fears of losing her mother. While saying goodbye, the poet told her mother "see you soon" with a smiling face to hide her inner pain and fear, though an old familiar ache remained.

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    My Mother at Sixty-Six: Kamala Das

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    The poem is about the poet noticing her mother's aging appearance during a car ride to the airport. Her mother looked tired and pale, resembling a corpse, which made the poet think about her mother's mortality and feel sad. At the airport, her mother appeared even more dull and pale like a late winter moon. This evoked the poet's childhood fears of losing her mother. While saying goodbye, the poet told her mother "see you soon" with a smiling face to hide her inner pain and fear, though an old familiar ache remained.

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    MY MOTHER AT 66

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    The poem is about the poet noticing her mother's aging appearance during a car ride to the airport. Her mother looked tired and pale, resembling a corpse, which made the poet think about her mother's mortality and feel sad. At the airport, her mother appeared even more dull and pale like a late winter moon. This evoked the poet's childhood fears of losing her mother. While saying goodbye, the poet told her mother "see you soon" with a smiling face to hide her inner pain and fear, though an old familiar ache remained.

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    My Mother at Sixty-Six: Kamala Das

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    The poem is about the poet noticing her mother's aging appearance during a car ride to the airport. Her mother looked tired and pale, resembling a corpse, which made the poet think about her mother's mortality and feel sad. At the airport, her mother appeared even more dull and pale like a late winter moon. This evoked the poet's childhood fears of losing her mother. While saying goodbye, the poet told her mother "see you soon" with a smiling face to hide her inner pain and fear, though an old familiar ache remained.

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    MY MOTHER

    AT SIXTY-SIX
    ~KAMALA DAS

    ADYA JENA
    PRATIKSHA PRIYADARSHINI
    PREETIPRAJNA PATRA
    PRIYADARSHINI MOHALIK
    SAMPANNA HOTA
    About the author – KAMALA DAS
    BORN:31 March 1934 DIED:31 May 2009
    She was born in Malabar, Kerala. She has published many novels
    and short stories in English and Malayalam under the name
    ‘Madhavikutty ’. Her renowned works are ‘ Alphabet of lust’,
    ‘Ente Katha ’, ‘The descendants’ etc.

    2
    CHARACTERS
    ⊳ Poet
    ⊳ Mother
    ⊳ Children

    3
    ‘‘Driving from my parents home…
    she was as old as she looked but soon’’
    .
    .
    Poet realises of her mother’s aging
    Poet notices old appearance of mother during her car journey
    Her mother’s sleepy face and open mouth is compared to
    corpse
    She thinks of her mother’s death and is emotional

    4
    “Put that thought away and looked out at
    young
    trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
    out of their homes”
     She draws her attention and looks out of the window of fast moving
    car
     Trees outside seemed to be going very fast as poet’s car is moving
    ahead
     Sprinting trees and merry children provide contrast and relief
     Children were coming out of their houses happily and joyfully
    5
    ⊳ .

    6
    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
     When she reached the airport, she finished with the security
    check and stood a few yards away from her mother.
     She noticed her mother’s ageing face which looked so dull,
    weak and pale.
     

    7
     then there is the comparision of mother's pale and withered face
    with the winter's moon.
     The moon seems to lose its brightness in the late winter season as
    it is veiled behind fog and mist.

    8
    “And felt that old
    Familier ache, my childhood’s fear,
    But all I said was, see you soon, Amma
    All I did was smile and smile and smile…
     Here the poet feels very deep emotional pain.
    Old fear of losing her mother came back.
     By saying see you soon to her amma , the poet has a ray
    of hope to meet her again
    She gave a farewell with a smiling face

    9
    10
    THAN
    K YOU
    11

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