Question

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I cannot remember my mother,
only sometimes in the midst of my play
A tune seems to hover over my playthings,
the tune of some song that she used to
hum while rocking my cradle.
I cannot remember my mother,
but when in the early autumn morning
The smell of the shiuli flowers float in the air,
The scent of the morning service in the temple
comes to me as the scent of my mother.
I cannot remember my mother,
only when from my bedroom window I send
my eyes into the blue distant sky,
I feel that the stillness of my mother's gaze on my face
Has spread all over the sky.
Questions:
1. Why do you think the poet can't remember his mother?
2. 'A time used to hover over my playthings'. Which time is the poet possibly talking about?
3. What does the poet compare his mother's scent to?
4. Which word in the poem means 'without to'?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1.) The poet probably lost his mother when he was rather young. so he cannot recollect her face.