Question

List the poetic devices used in the poem " My Mother At Sixty Six" by Kamala Das along with examples.

Answer 1

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……