Question

write the saying / proverb from the extract ( mother )​

Answer 1

Question. 1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. I looked again at her, wan, pale as a late winter's moon and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood's fear, but all I said was see you soon, Amma, all I did was smile and smile and smile (Foreign 2014; Modified) (a) What was the poet's childhood fear? (b) What were the poet's parting words? (c) What is the poetic device used in these lines? (d) Why did the poet smile and smile? Answer. (a) In her childhood, the poet was insecure about losing her mother, just as all young children often are. (b) The poet's parting words were, "See you soon, Amma", which are suggestive