Question

What was ironic about the poet’s parting words? (My Mother atSixty-six?

Answer 1

Answer:

Name the poem and the poet.

Answer:

The name of the poem is, ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’ and the poet is Kamala Das.

Question 2:

Where was the poet driving to?

Answer:

The poet was driving from her parents’ home to Cochin airport on a Friday morning.

Question 3:

What did she notice about her mother?

Answer:

The poet noticed that her mother was sleeping with her mouth open and the mother’s face was the colour of ash, just like that of a dead body.Question 4:

Why was her mother’s face looking like that of a corpse?

Answer:

Her mother’s face had lost all its glow and colour of youth due to ageing. It looked pale, faded and nearly lifeless. That was why it was looking like a corpse’s face.