Question

explain that old familar ache​

Answer 1

Answer:

'Familiar ache' means a pain or fear that the poet has had at a point of time. It is the emotional pain the poet feels due to the realisation that her mother was growing old and pale.

Answer 2

The familiar acheis the fear of losing her mother as she has grown old . The fear has stayed with her from the childhood itself .It returns because of the awareness that ageing is a natural process and death is the ultimate reality of life .