Question

WAHY was the mother been compared to the late winter's moon in the poem mother at sixty six ?

Answer 1

The mother in the poem 'My mother at sixty six' has been compared to the late winter's moon because she looks pale and wan, lacking vitality, just like the late winter's moon that looks blurred and dull.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:the poets mother has been comapred to the late winter moon becoz winter,like old age is aa time of inactivity. old age is the last phase of human life just as winter is the last month of the year. and in old age a man grows pale like death just as the moon in the late winter looks pale white.