And felt that old familier ache my childhoods fear" meaning
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Most people would have a childhood fear of losing their mother - may sound illogical, but is usually the truth.
Now, being an adult, the author faces with the same fear and the same ache that she felt as a kid of losing her mother. It is now justified as a valid fear as her mother is frail and weak.
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A The poet is pained to see her mother old and suffering. The sight of her mother’s pale and weak face looks like that of a corpse, which arouses her childhood's‘familiar ache’ in her heart. 1 Like, 0 Unlike 0 Flag as inappropriate for Q. What does the "familiar ache" refer to in the... answer added by Ramita Udayashankar 7 years, 12 months