The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das describes the author's feelings seeing her aging mother. She notices her mother's ashen, corpse-like face and pale appearance as she dozes in the car, in stark contrast to the young trees and children she sees out the window. At the airport parting, the mother appears as weak as the winter moon. Though pained by her mother's fragility and impending loss, the author smiles and says "see you soon" to wish for more time together.
The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das describes the author's feelings seeing her aging mother. She notices her mother's ashen, corpse-like face and pale appearance as she dozes in the car, in stark contrast to the young trees and children she sees out the window. At the airport parting, the mother appears as weak as the winter moon. Though pained by her mother's fragility and impending loss, the author smiles and says "see you soon" to wish for more time together.
The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das describes the author's feelings seeing her aging mother. She notices her mother's ashen, corpse-like face and pale appearance as she dozes in the car, in stark contrast to the young trees and children she sees out the window. At the airport parting, the mother appears as weak as the winter moon. Though pained by her mother's fragility and impending loss, the author smiles and says "see you soon" to wish for more time together.
The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das describes the author's feelings seeing her aging mother. She notices her mother's ashen, corpse-like face and pale appearance as she dozes in the car, in stark contrast to the young trees and children she sees out the window. At the airport parting, the mother appears as weak as the winter moon. Though pained by her mother's fragility and impending loss, the author smiles and says "see you soon" to wish for more time together.
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INTEGRATED
PROJECT ENGLISH
Done by: Muhamed Althaf
INDEX
1. Acknowledgement 2. Introduction 3. About the author 4. About the characters 5. Abstract 6. Theme 7. Conclusion ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my
teacher Ambili shaji as well as our principal Professor AbuBakr who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project, which also helped me in doing a lot of Research and i came to know about so many new things I am really thankful to them. Secondly i would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped me a lot in finalizing this project within the limited time frame. MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX INTRODUCTION
My mother at sixty six is written by Kamala Das who is famous for
capturing complexities of human relationships. The poem my mother at sixty six is one of the finest examples of the human bonding, especially that of a mother and daughter. ABOUT THE AUTHOR The poet, Kamala Das also wrote by her pen-name of ‘Madhavikutty’. She was born in Kerala and is one of India’s first poets. Her subject – matter is basically related to her personality- beautiful, sensitive, bold and tormented. External factors do not reflect in her writings, her writings bring out her true inner feelings. Her favorite poem is ‘composition’. In the poem ‘My mother at sixty six’, she talks about her mother. This poem is based on mother-daughter relation and the poet shares her feelings for her mother.
ABOUT THE CHARACTERS
Poet’s mother: In the poem 'My Mother at Sixty Six', the reader sees the mother through the eyes of the poet who is her daughter. It is obvious that the mother has been a caring and loving parent to evoke such strong feelings of affection in the daughter. The poet describes her now as being ashen faced like a corpse, or dull like the cold winter's moon to imply that her mother is at the tail end of her life. She contrasts her with the young trees and the energetic children she sees from the car window. It is apparent to the poet that her mother is now pale and weak, standing at the brink of death. Yet, she prays for her well-being and hopes to see her again. The mother-daughter bond is strong and points towards how well the mother would have brought up her children.
ABSTRACT This is a touching poem written by Indian poet Kamala Das who wrote under the pen name of ‘Madhavikutty’. In this poem, she describes her feeling of love and attachment towards her ageing mother. Once the poet went to visit her mother. She was on her way back to the airport to return to Cochin. She looked at her mother who was seated beside her in the car. Her mother had dozed off to sleep and her ageing face - was smoky in color like ash. Her mouth was open and she resembled a dead body. The poet realized that her mother was old. She felt pain and sympathy for her. Her mother needed love, affection and care. In order to come out of the gloom, the poet shifted her glance and looked out of the car’s window. There she saw young trees pass by. Little children were running out of their houses into the playgrounds. These things were contrary to the ageing face of her mother. They symbolized energy, life and happiness. As they reached the airport and the poet was about to leave for the aero plane, she glanced at her mother one more time. Her mother appeared weak and pale just like the moon in the winter season which seems to have lost all its strength. The poet felt the pain and fear of losing her mother. She was reminded of her childhood when she used to fear losing her mother. As a child she could not bear to be separated from her mother even for a few moments. Now the loss would be permanent as her mother was about to die and she would lose her forever. The poet did not express her feelings. She smiled and said “see you soon, Amma” because she wanted that her mother should live and they could meet again. THEME My mother at Sixty-six is based on the theme of advancing age and the fear of loss and separation associated with it. The poetess undergoes a plethora of emotions when sees her mother ageing, and feels the pangs of separation at the thought of losing her. She must be feeling guilty of not being able to stay with her mother in her old age. She also wishes for the lost beauty and youth of her mother. The poem is written in a single sentence which indicated the smile thread of thought, i.e. the loss of beauty an charm and approaching death and decay
CONCLUSION To conclude, my mother at sixty six summary revolves around the beautiful relationship between the poet and her mother. The summary shows the theme of the advancing age of the mother of the author and the fear of separation. This apparently short poem touches upon the theme of a beautiful bond between the mother and the daughter. It shows how beautiful a relationship a mother and a daughter can have.
