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FLAMINGO (POETRY)
Poem. 1 MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX by KAMALA DAS
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS : Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.
1. “Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday
Morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze,
open mouthed, her face ashen like that
Of a corpse and realized with pain
That looked as old as she was
But soon put that thought far away.”
a) Where is the poet at present?
b) How does the poet describe her mother?
c) Who does ‘she’ refer to in the last line? What thoughts had she driven away?
d). Explain the expression’…. Pain that looked as old as she was…’
2. “… but soon
put that thought far away, and looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes…”
a) What was the poet ‘looking’ at? What did she notice?
b) What thought did she try to drive away?
c) Why did the poet start ’looking out’? What does her gesture suggest?
d) What did the poet see from the window of the car?
e) What did the images of ‘young trees’ and ‘merry children’ symbolize?
3. “ 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”
a) Who is ‘I ’ and why is she at the airport?
b) Who does ‘her’ here to? How did she look like?
c) Why does the narrator ‘look at her again’?
d) Explain: ’wan, pale as a late winter’s moon’.
4. “ and felt that old
familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
but all I said was, see you soon, Amma,
all I did was smile and smile and smile.”
a) What ‘familiar ache’ did the poet feel?
b) What could have been the poet’s childhood fears?
c) Did the poet share her thoughts with her mother?
d) Why do you think, the poet did not share her thoughts with her mother?
e) Why did the poet only ‘smile’?
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
1. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
2 What does the poet do to shrug off the painful thought of her mother’s approaching end?
3. Why does the poet draw the image of sprinting trees and merry children?
4. Why have the trees been described as sprinting?
5. Why has the mother been compared to the late winter’s moon?
6. What is the ‘familiar ache’?
7. What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
BY-SATYADEO VISHWAKARMA,PGT (ENGLISH)
Eng core xii

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Eng core xii

  • 1. FLAMINGO (POETRY) Poem. 1 MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX by KAMALA DAS COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS : Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow. 1. “Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday Morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that Of a corpse and realized with pain That looked as old as she was But soon put that thought far away.” a) Where is the poet at present? b) How does the poet describe her mother? c) Who does ‘she’ refer to in the last line? What thoughts had she driven away? d). Explain the expression’…. Pain that looked as old as she was…’ 2. “… but soon put that thought far away, and looked out at young trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes…” a) What was the poet ‘looking’ at? What did she notice? b) What thought did she try to drive away? c) Why did the poet start ’looking out’? What does her gesture suggest? d) What did the poet see from the window of the car? e) What did the images of ‘young trees’ and ‘merry children’ symbolize? 3. “ 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” a) Who is ‘I ’ and why is she at the airport? b) Who does ‘her’ here to? How did she look like? c) Why does the narrator ‘look at her again’? d) Explain: ’wan, pale as a late winter’s moon’. 4. “ and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood’s fear, but all I said was, see you soon, Amma, all I did was smile and smile and smile.” a) What ‘familiar ache’ did the poet feel? b) What could have been the poet’s childhood fears? c) Did the poet share her thoughts with her mother? d) Why do you think, the poet did not share her thoughts with her mother? e) Why did the poet only ‘smile’? QUESTION AND ANSWERS 1. What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels? 2 What does the poet do to shrug off the painful thought of her mother’s approaching end? 3. Why does the poet draw the image of sprinting trees and merry children? 4. Why have the trees been described as sprinting? 5. Why has the mother been compared to the late winter’s moon? 6. What is the ‘familiar ache’? 7. What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify? BY-SATYADEO VISHWAKARMA,PGT (ENGLISH)