Question

Why was the face of the poet 's mother looking like that of a corpse

Answer 1

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Explanation:

As they were travelling, the old woman dozes off and the poet looks at he intently she notices that her mother is now old and pale. she looked like corpse ( dead body ) because her face was colourless and seemed to have lost the fervour of life .

Answer 2

In the poem, 'My Mother at Sixty-Six' by Kamala Das, the face of the poet's mother looks like that of a corpse due to her old age.

• The poem describes the complicated relationship between the children and their parents. The poem focuses on untangling these complications, understanding each other, and thus establishing the bond between them.
  
• In the poem, the poet as a daughter describes her fear of losing her mother. The pain is due to the inevitable event of the aging of her mother.
  
• When the daughter looks at her mother in a car on their way to the airport, she witnesses the pale look on her mother. The faded and lifeless look on her mother's face is due to her old age.
  
• The poet can understand the harsh reality of life, that her mother has aged a lot in these years.

Hence, the poet feels like her mother's face looks like a corpse.

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