Summary of my mother at sixty six for class 12
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This is a touching poem written by Indian poet Kamla Das who wrote under the pen name of ‘Madhavikutty’. In this poem, she describes her feeling of love and attachment towards her ageing mother.
Once the poet went to visit her mother. She was on her way back to the the airport to return to Cochin. She looked at her mother who was seated beside her in the car. Her mother had dozed off to sleep and her ageing face - was smoky in colour like ash. Her mouth was open and she resembled a dead body. The poet realized that her mother was old. She felt pain and sympathy for her. Her mother needed love, affection and care.
In order to come out of the gloom, the poet shifted her glance and looked out of the car’s window. There she saw young trees pass by. Little children were running out of their houses into the playgrounds. These things were contrary to the ageing face of her mother. They symbolised energy, life and happiness.
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In this poem, the daughter visits her parents home later she drives back to cochin. In the airport she looks at her mother she looks doze, open mouthed and her face was pale like the late winter's moon she almost looked like a corpse.
Now she realised her mother was old and felt the pain, sadness of losing her. So she looked outside the car and noticed the young trees sprinting, children spilling out of their homes. this is quite opposite to what her mother was. the daughter felt the same childhood fear of her mother leaving her so she tried to appear brave and smiled at her mother before leaving.