Driving from my parents home , to Cochin , last Friday Morning , I saw my mother , beside me , Dose , open mouthed , her face ashen like that of a corpse and I realised with pain , that she might not live long ... .... ( i ) Name the poet and the poem from which these lines have been taken . ( ii ) Where was the poet going ? ( iii ) How did the poet's mother look ? ( iv ) What did the poet realise with pain ?
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Answer:
IMPORTANT STANZAS FOR COMPREHENSION
Read the stanzas given below and answer the questions that follow each:
1. Driving from my parents home to Cochin last Friday morning, 1 saw my mother, beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain
that she was as old as she looked but soon
Questions
(a)Where was the poet driving to? Who was sitting beside her?
(b)What did the poet notice about her mother?
(c)Why was her mother’s face looked like that of a corpse?
(d)Find words from the passage which mean :
(i) sleep lightly (ii) dead body (iii) felt.
Answers:
(a)The poet was driving from her parent’s home to the Cochin airport. Her mother was sitting beside her.
(b)She noticed that her mother was dozing with her mouth open.
(c)Her mother’s face looked pale, faded and lifeless like a dead body because she had grown old.
(d)(i) doze (ii) corpse (iii) realised.
Answer:
Answer for Part I I drive to my parents
last Friday I went home to Cochin
In the morning, I noticed my mother next to me.Her face was ashen as she dozed with an open mouth.
Painfully realised of a corpse
she was as elderly as she appeared to be...
I To where was the poet en route?
Explanation:
The poet was leaving her parents' house and heading back. On the morning of the previous Friday, she left their home and came back. She travelled to the Cochin airport. She was then travelling with her mother.
Final answer
The poet was driving with her mom to the airport.
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