Question

why was her mother's face like that of a corpse ?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Her mother's face was looking like that of a corpse because it was pallid and its natural radiance had desiccated with age. The poet noticed her mother's pale and 'ashen' face, lost of all vitality and colour, owing to her old age.

Answer 2

Answer:

Her mother face looked pale,faded and lifeless like a dead body because she had grown old