Question

Significant of the title of kamala das poem.

Answer 1

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The poem 'An Introduction' begins by proclaiming that though she had no interest in politics, she knows the name of all who are in power, from India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru onward, also she claims that she can repeat all those names as easy as the days of a week or the names of months.

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Answer 2

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"My mother at sixty six" the title of the poem, expresses the fear of the author of losing her mother who is quiet old, looks pale, dead like a corpse. The author feels a similar ache of losing her mother like she did when she was small. Thus, she titles her poem as describing her mother's age, indirectly reflecting her fear of losing her mother.