NCERT English Class 12 | Chapter 9 | My Mother at Sixty-six | Question Answer |

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

Answer: The poet feels the agony of being separated from her mother, who is now sixty-six years old. The prospect of not being able to see her mother next time she comes for a visit, or ever again, is excruciatingly painful to her.

2. Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’?

Answer: The poet and her mother are in a car, and she notices the trees racing backwards when she looks out the window. In contrast to her frail and elderly mother, they appear to be full of youthful vigour.

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

Answer: The joyful youngsters who have come out of their homes to play are full of energy and strength, signifying life's natural flow. The poet's mother, on the other hand, is fragile and elderly. As she dozes next to the poet in the automobile, her expression is sad.

4. Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?

Answer: Mother's face appears cloudy and dull like the late winter's moon, which is feeble and pale and not as dazzling and shiny as the summer's moon.

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

Answer: The poet's parting words and grin express hope and assurance for their next reunion. Despite the fact that she is about to leave her parents' home and her mother is on the edge of passing away, the poet concludes the poem on an optimistic note, expressing her hope to see her mother again on her next visit.

 

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