Question

Identify the poetic device in the given line - The caterpillar crawled ahead.​

Answer 1

Answer:

repetation

caterpillar crawled

Answer 2

Answer:

My Mother at Sixty-six About the poet Kamala Das (1934) was born in Malabar, Kerala. She is recognised as one of India’s foremost poets. Her works are known for their originality, versatility and the indigenous flavour of the soil. Kamala Das has published many novels and short stories in English and Malayalam under the name ‘Madhavikutty’. Some of her works in English include the novel Alphabet of Lust (1977), a collection of short stories Padmavati the Harlot and Other Stories (1992), in addition to five books of poetry. She is a sensitive writer who captures the complex subtleties of human relationships in lyrical idiom, My Mother at Sixty-six is an example.

Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse and realised with pain that she thought away, and looked but soon put that thought away, and looked out at young trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes, but after the airport’s security check, standing a few yards away, I looked again at her, wan,

pale

as a late winter’s moon and felt that

old

familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,

but all I said was, see you soon,

Amma,

all I did was smile and smile and

smile……

What are the poetic devices used in the poem?

Simile:

1.her face ashen like that of a corpse

2.wan, pale as a late winter’s moon

Metaphor

the merry children spilling out of their homes

Personification

young trees sprinting

Repetition

I did was smile and smile and smile……