What are young trees describe as sprinting in poem my mother at sixty six?
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While driving to the airport, in an effort to distract herself from the thoughts of her ageing mother, the poet looks at the young trees 'sprinting'. The trees seem to be running past the moving car. The sprinting of the trees symbolises the rapidly passing years of human's life from childhood to old age.
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My Mother at Sixty six is a really beautiful emotional poem written by Kamla Das and expresses her feelings and love towards her mother.
While going to the airport Kamala Das and her mother sat in the car and the poetess observes her mother. She felt very bad about the growing age of her mother as she became too old and weak. Her physical condition becomes deteriorating and the poetess becomes so sad about the same.
Kamala Das looks outside the car just to distract herself from the thoughts of her ageing mother. She looks sprinting trees which are running behind so fast. The sprinting tress symbolise the truth and harsh reality of life. It shows that we are also running towards old age.
The strength and beauty of young age become transferred into dull and passivity of old age.
The young trees reminding the poetess' early days of her mother at the same time her mother's present condition.
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