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What does the poem end with a pensive tone despite the repeated use of word 'smile' ? (My mother at sixty-six)

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In the poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six," the Indian poet Kamla Das expresses her love towards her mother. She describes her love attachment for her mother who is aging day by day. She realized that her mother has turned pale and old. The realization of losing her other one day started to hurt the poet but she was not able to express her feelings to her. When she went inside the airport she greeted her goodbye and smiled at her continuously so as to hide her feeling of losing her mother one day. The smile is also a positive feeling which the poet wants to express at the end of the poem. She wants to say goodbye to her mother with a smile so that they can meet again in the future.

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