Question

What kind of images has the poet used to signify her mother 's aging decay ?

Answer 1

The vividly colorless image of an ashen corpse & a pale winter moon are what the poet has used to signify her ageing mother

Answer 2

Answer:

The poet uses the imagery of a "corpse" to signify the aging of her mother. The line which denotes the aging of the mother in the poem is:

"her face ashen like that of a corpse"

Explanation:

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.