Question

Name the poem and the poet of the above extract​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The name of the poem is 'My Mother at Sixty-Six' and the poet is Kamala Das. (ii) In her childhood, the poet felt insecure about losing her mother, just as all the young children do. (iii) The poetic device used in the line 1-2 is 'simile' as the poet compares her mother's dull face with a late winter's moon.