Kamala Das:My Mother at Sixty-six (CBSE XII)

My Mother at Sixty-six reveals the
the prospect of ageing and pangs
of separation.The poet is
distressed that her mother is
ageing as she is on her way to
airport;she looks like a corpse
with her pale and lifeless face.The
thought of losing her upsets
her.She wishes to remove her
painful thought looking at the
energized children and sprinting
trees outside.At the airport her
childhood fear of losing her
brings pain to her again but she
tries to conceal her fear saying
with an optismistic smile"see you
soon,amma,"
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1.FEELINGS OF POET SEEING HER
MOTHER
The speaker feels a typical pain
and ache caused by
separation.Her pale lifeless face
with signs of ageing brings her
the fear of losing her.
2.POET IS SAD
She becomes sad because she will
lose her mother sooner or later
with no chance of meeting her
again.
3.TREES SPRINTING
The trees symbolize life and
energy of youth.The vehicle
moving fast the trees passing by
them seem to run away in split of
second brings out the inevitable
truth of passing time that is gone.
(the youthful time and frolic that
no longer exists)