out of their homes, 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 and felt that
old
familiar ache, my childhood's fear,
but al Isaid was, see you
soon,
Amma,
all Idid was smile and smile and
smile and
smile......
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Summary
oln this poem,
Kamala Das explores the theme of
ageing and death and isolation through a narration
involving her mother.
OWhile driving
she notices herfrom her parent's home to Cochin,
mother sitting beside her
face pale like adead
away. This reminds herbody and her thoughtsdozing, her
far
old and could painfully that her
pass away leaving her mother is
alone.
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running Out
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DPutting that thought aside she looked out at the
young trees speeding by and children running out d
their homes happily to play. These remind her probably
of youth and life, her own younger days and her
mother when she was young.
DBut after the security check at the airport, looking
back at her mother standing a few yards away, she
finds her looking pale like the winter moon. She feels
that familiar pain and childhood fear of the thought of
losing her mother and of being lonely just as she had
been when she was young because she was different
from other children. She could only keep smiling and
tell her 'see you soon' knowing full well that she might
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not see her.
Key Points
1, Poetess travelling in Cochin airport with her
mother in a car.
mother.
2. Looks at the wan, pale face of her dozing
3. Old fear of loosing her mother returns.
provide the
4. Sprinting trees and merry children
contrast and relief.
familiar ache
5. After the security check the old
returns.
6. Tries to hide her emotions by smiling.
ahope to see
7. Bids good bye to her mother with
her again. Index,
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1. Wan - colorless, pallid
2. Late winter's moon Dim moon shrouded by
clouds
3. Spilling Run out
4. Ashen Grey (old age)
5. Ache - Pain
6. Sprinting- Short fast race, running
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Poetic Devices
1. Simile:
1) wan, pale as alate winter's moon
2) her face ashen like that of a corpse
2. Metaphor:
1) the merry children spilling out of their homes
3. Personification:
1) young trees sprinting
4. Repetition:
1) Tdid was smile and smile and smile......
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About the Poet
OKamala Das also known as Kamala Surayya was born or
31 March 1934 in Malabar, Kerala. She was an Indian English
poet and littérateur andat the same timea leading Malayalam
author. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short
stories and autobiography written under name Madhavikutty,
while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala
Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography.
OSome of her works in English include the novel Alphabet of
lust (1977), a collection of short stories Padmavatithe Harlot
and Other Stories (1992), in addition to five boooks of poetry.
She is a sensitive writer who captures the complex subtleties
of human relationships in lyrical idiom, My Mother at Sixty-six
is and example.
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D Kamala Das has received may
awards for her literacy
O Kamala Das has received may
awards for her literacy
contribution,
them are) including: (few of
1. Nominated and
Nobel Prize for shortlisted for
Literature in
1984
2. Award of Asian PEN
anthology- 1964
3. Kerala Sahitya
Award -1969 Academy
4. Sahitya Academy Award
1985
5. Honorary D.Litt by University
of Calicut 2006
OOn 31 May 2009, aged 75, she
died at a hospital in Pune.
Central ldea
DAging is an important phase of human life. A
person enter his childhood, experiences youth when
he is full of energy and dreams to have luxury of life.
Finally, he approaches his old age and encounters
death. Relationship between people becomes
stronger at every aspect of life and they can't bear
separation due to aging.
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Din this poem, the poet relates a personal
experience. She brings out a common paradoX of
human relationships and portrays a sensational
separation of a mother and a daughter. She has
been able to capture almost alltheemotions which a
daughter is filled with, on bidding farewell to her
beloved mother. Sometimes we do feel deep
sympathy for someone but we fail to express it in a
proper manner.
Poem 4
Driving from my parent's
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, Isaw mny mothe,
beside me
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away, and
looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry
children spilling
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My Mother at Sixty-Six
--Kamala Das
Index
1. About the poet
2. Central idea
3. Poem
4. Summary
5. Key points
6. Vocabulary
7. Poetic devices
About the Poet
DKamala Das also known as Kamala Surayya was born on
31 March 1934 in Malabar, Kerala. She was an Indian English
poet and littérateur and at
author. Her popularity in K
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while her oeuvre in Englist
Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography.
