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    In this poem, Kamala Das explores the themes of aging, mortality, and separation through a narration involving her mother. One last Friday morning, the poet was driving her mother from their parents' home to the airport. As her mother sat beside her in the car, the poet suddenly looked at her mother and saw that she had dozed off with her mouth open. Her face appeared pale like a corpse. The painful realization that her mother would not live much longer haunted the poet. However, she tried to dismiss this thought by looking out the car window at the young trees rushing by and seeing the merry children coming out of their homes. Witnessing life and vitality in the outside world helped the painful thought

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    In this poem, Kamala Das explores the themes of aging, mortality, and separation through a narration involving her mother. One last Friday morning, the poet was driving her mother from their parents' home to the airport. As her mother sat beside her in the car, the poet suddenly looked at her mother and saw that she had dozed off with her mouth open. Her face appeared pale like a corpse. The painful realization that her mother would not live much longer haunted the poet. However, she tried to dismiss this thought by looking out the car window at the young trees rushing by and seeing the merry children coming out of their homes. Witnessing life and vitality in the outside world helped the painful thought

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    Worksheet My Mother at Sixtysix

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    In this poem, Kamala Das explores the themes of aging, mortality, and separation through a narration involving her mother. One last Friday morning, the poet was driving her mother from their parents' home to the airport. As her mother sat beside her in the car, the poet suddenly looked at her mother and saw that she had dozed off with her mouth open. Her face appeared pale like a corpse. The painful realization that her mother would not live much longer haunted the poet. However, she tried to dismiss this thought by looking out the car window at the young trees rushing by and seeing the merry children coming out of their homes. Witnessing life and vitality in the outside world helped the painful thought

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    ST.

    FRANCIS SCHOOL, INDIRAPURAM


    Worksheet- Class- XII
    My Mother at Sixty-six
    – Kamala Das
    Complete the summary given below:
    In this poem, Kamala Das explores the theme of ageing, ___________and __________through a
    narration involving her mother.
    One last _________ morning, the poetess was driving from her parents’ home to the ________
    airport. Her mother was sitting ________ her in the car. She suddenly had a look at her mother.
    She found that her mother was __________ with her open mouth. Her face was as pale as that of
    a __________. The poet painfully realised that her ____________ is not going to live long. This
    painful thought haunted her. But soon she tried to put it off by _________ out of the car window.
    She saw the _________ trees running past them. She looked at the __________ children coming
    out of their homes. As she saw life and vitality in the _______ world, the painful thought passed
    away from her mind.
    After reaching the airport, she went through the ____________ check. Her mother was standing
    outside a few _________away. After the security check, she looked at her mother ________. Her
    face was pale white like a late winter’s _________. She felt the old familiar ache of _________
    in her heart which is usually felt by a child due to the fear of ___________ from his/ her mother.
    But she contained herself and kept on __________ in order to conceal her emotions. She spoke
    no word to her mother. All that she said was, “See you soon, ___________” and bade good bye
    to her mother with a hope to see her again.

    Reference to Context

    A. 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 she was as old as she
    looked but soon
    put that thought away…

    i Choose the option that best applies to the given extract.


    1) a conversation
    2) an argument
    3) a piece of advice
    4) a strategy
    5) a recollection
    6) a suggestion

    1
    a) 1, 3 & 6
    b) 2, 4 & 5
    c) Only 5
    d) Only 1

    ii Choose the book title that perfectly describes the condition of the poet’s mother.

    Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 Title 4


    You’re Only Old The Gift of Years Somewhere Towards The Book You Wish
    Once! by Joan Chittister the End Your Parents Had
    by Dr. Seuss by Diana Athill Read
    by Philippa Perry

    a) Title 1
    b) Title 2
    c) Title 3
    d) Title 4

    iii Choose the option that applies correctly to the two statements given below.
    Assertion: The poet wards off the thought of her mother getting old quickly.
    Reason: The poet didn’t want to confront the inevitability of fate that was to dawn upon her
    mother.
    a) Assertion can be inferred but the Reason cannot be inferred.
    b) Assertion cannot be inferred but the Reason can be inferred.
    c) Both Assertion and Reason can be inferred.
    d) Both Assertion and Reason cannot be inferred.

    iv Choose the option that displays the same literary device as in the given lines of the
    extract.

    her face
    ashen like that
    of a corpse…

    a) Just as I had I had this thought, she appeared and…


    b) My thoughts were as heavy as lead that evening when …
    c) I think like everyone else who…
    d) I like to think aloud when …

    B. And
    looked out at Young
    Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
    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

    2
    familiar ache…

    i What is the most likely reason the poet capitalised ‘Young Trees’?
    This was to
    a) convey a clearer meaning.
    b) highlight the adj.-noun combination.
    c) enhance the contrast.
    d) draw a connection with the title.

    ii Choose the option that appropriately describes the relationship between the
    two statements given below.
    Statement 1: The poet knows her mother has aged.
    Statement 2: The poet feels the pain of separation.

    a) Beginning – Ending
    b) Cause – Effect
    c) Question – Answer
    d) Introduction – Conclusion

    iii Choose the option that completes the sentence given below.
    Just as the brightness of the winter’s moon is veiled behind the haze and mist, similarly,
    _________.

    a) the pain of separation has shaded mother’s expression.


    b) age has fogged mother’s youthful appearance.
    c) growing up has developed a seasoned maturity in the poet.
    d) memories warm the heart like the pale moon in winter.

    iv Choose the correct option out of the ones given below.

    a) Option 1
    b) Option 2
    c) Option 3
    d) Option 4

    3
    Pick out the literary devices used in the following lines :
    1. Her face ashen like that of a corpse _____________________

    2. smile and smile and smile ______________________

    3. Wan, pale as a late winter’s moon ________________________

    4. trees sprinting and merry children _______________________


    5. winter’s moon ____________________________
    6. Young trees sprinting ____________________________

    7. Merry children spilling ____________________________

    Short Answer Questions


    1. The pain of separation is expressed both literally and metaphorically in this poem.
    Elucidate.

    2. Does the poetess show an escapist tendency in the poem, ‘My Mother at Sixty-six’?
    Justify.

    Long Answer Questions


    Imagine the mother gets to know of the poet persona’s fears. Write a letter,
    as the mother, telling the daughter why she must not dwell on these fears.

    You may begin this way:

    Pallipuram
    Cochin, Kerala
    August 22, 1960

    My Dear Kamala,
    I am writing to you because when you left me at the airport, I felt something wasn’t
    right.
    Judging by how little you spoke that day ……………………….
    ………………………………………(continue)…………………………………

    With love,
    Amma

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