Question

how has the poet compared the scene inside the car with the activities going on outside

Answer 1

The pale and faded face of the poet’s mother looks lifeless like a corpse. Her dozing with mouth wide open suggests passivity, decay and death. Outside the car, the poet watches young trees speeding past them. They seem to be running fast or sprinting. Happy children are moving out of their homes cheerfully. They present an image of life, dynamism and activity.

Answer 2

The poet compared the scene inside the car with the activities going on outside in the poem "My Mother at Sixty-six." The poet analyzes her mother's aging and growing old and then when she looks outside she sees the young trees. These trees looked very happy and fresh and the moving car was leaving them behind. This highlights the issue that youth and age have to decline someday.