My Mother at Sixty Six Question Answer AHSEC

My Mother at Sixty Six Summary :-

Last Friday, the poet, Kamala Das was returning from her parents' home to Cochin airport. Her 66 years old mother was also with her. She noticed her mother was dozing, mouth was half opened, and her face turned to ashen like a dead body. She felt pain in her mind seeing her mother's lifeless and faded face. The poet also felt that her mother would take departure from this world. She would never love her again.

    After the security checkup at the airport, standing a few yards away, she looked again of her old mother. Again she felt pain to look at the colorless, lifeless and faded face of her mother. Here, she compared her mother's physical condition with the late winter's moon, as it has no power to capture the attention of others because in winter it has lost its shine and strength. This arose the old familiar ache and childhood fear in her heart of losing her mother. Moreover, she scattered smiles on her face saying good bye to her mother and she wished to meet her old Amma again.

  Question and Answer :-

Question. Who wrote the poem, "My Mother at Sixty-six".?

Ans. Kamala Das wrote the poem, "My Mother at Sixty-six".

Question. What was the destination of the peet? Or where is the poet driving to ?

Ans. The destination of the poet was the Cochin airport. Or

     The poet was driving to Cochin airport.

Question.  When did Kamala Das start to Cochin? 

Ans. Kamala Das started to Cochin Last Friday morning.

Question. who was sitting beside the poet? 

Ans. Her Mother was sitting beside the poet.

Question. who was compared with The late winter's moon ? 

Ans. The mother of the poet was compared with The late winter's moon.

Question. What was the introduction of the poet to her mother ?

Ans.  The introduction of the poet to her mother was Amma.

Question. What does she notice when her mother sits beside her?

Ans. The poet notices that her mother is dozing with her opened mouth.

Question. What is The kind of pain and ache that the poet feels ? 

Ans. The poet feels the physical condition of her mother like doze, open mouthed, her face turned to ashen like that of a corpse. She would take departure from this world. She would never love her again.

Question. Why are the young trees described as 'sprinting'? 

Ans. The word sprinting means short fast race or running. The poet uses the term as a kind of hallucination. It is a kind of day dream. When a car moves fast forward, the trees are seen as the running objects to the car. In this sense the poet uses the young trees or sprinting.

Question. Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children 'spilling out of their homes'?

Ans. It was used or the poet brought the imagery to transfer his thought from pathetic condition or depression to observation. Children are generally hopeful and merry. Without having any thought in them they always want to enjoy amusement. The poet wants to be merry like the children who are coming out from their home to enjoy pleasure.

Question. Why was the mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon' ?

Ans. Late winter moon is colour less. It has no power to capture the attention of others, like that the physical condition of the poet's
mother was very miserable. It creates sympathy, tears come out to see her mother. How the late winter moon is short lived like that the mother of the poet would live few days in the world. That is why she was compared with the late winter's moon.

Question. What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?

Ans. When the poet sees the face of her mother become pale and ashen like that of a corpse, her old familiar ache and fear returns. The poet understands that with ageing separation and death are unavoidable. Therefore, one day her mother will also die. To hide this fear she says her mother with smiles, see you soon, Amma.

Question. How does the poet describe her mother ?

Ans. When the poet was driving back from her parents' home to Cochin airport, the poet described her mother's physical condition like doze, open mouthed, her face turned to ashen like that of a corpse. Her mother's face was colourless, pale, like the late winter's moon.

Question. What is the "familiar ache"? 

Ans. The "familiar ache" refers to
the poet's fear of losing her mother and the realization that she has not cared and can not care for her ageing mother. It is an ache of helplessness. It is also a fear of separation from the mother. 

Question. What was the poet's childhood fear? 

Ans. I think the poet's childhood fear was that she would lose her mother or be separated from her and that death would consume
(burn) her mother.