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MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX mother image, This poem is a Free Verse
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MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX 
Poet: KAMALA DAS
- Born in Malabar(1934)
- India's foremost poet
- Novels and shorts story in english and malyalam
- Under the name : Madhavikutty.
- Sensitive writer : capture the complex subtitles of human relationships in lyrical idiom
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Simile - Her face ashen like that of a copse Wan, pale as a late winter’s moon
The 'ashen' face of the poet's mother is pale and lifeless. It looks like that of a corpse. She is dozing and lost to herself. The image of the 'dozing' mother is contrasted with the 'spilling' of children.
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The mother has been compared to the late
Winter's moon . It's symbolizes the ebbing of the life ... The moon bring to the poet's mind night or the approaching end of life
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Message of poem
• Ageing is a natural process, yet the fear of separation from your loved ones is very painful • Do not be so busy in your desires that you forget to take care of your elderly parents when they need you most
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Looks at sick, pale face of her doze,open mouthed mother.
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- doze: A short, light sleep
- ashen: Very pale, like ash
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- sprinting:Here, shooting out of the ground
- spilling :Here, to move out in great numbers
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Sum Up
The poem My Mother at Sixty Six is one of the finest examples of human bonding that of a mother and daughter. It describes the pain and fear of the poet- of losing her mother due to harsh reality of life which is death. But the poet ends the poem with hope. The smile of the poet signifies that she is hopeful that she will meet with her mother very soon.
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This poem is a Free Verse
• Poetry that does not follow a regular, or steady, pattern of rhyme and meter is called Free Verse
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Theme of the poet :
- Fear of loss: fear of permanent separation , fast paced life , inevitable death.
2.Nostalgia: the poet is carried by her childhood premonition of losing her mother
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MADE BY- LALITA , MINAL ,JYOTSNA, BHAVIKA
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