Summary short note : My mother at sixty -six

My mother at sixty-six

-author Kamala Das

-best example of bonding in humans.(mother and daughter)

-This poem defines the fear of the author of  losing her mother.

-My mother at sixty-six summary will elaborate on the feelings of the author and will also define the meaning of the poem.

-Ageing is an inescapable phase

-person enters childhood - then adolescence(energetic,so many dreams)- finally to old age and they die.

-relationship b/w of people become stronger in every phase of life.

-No one can't bear the separation from loved ones just because of ageing.

-cochin airport

-mother's soft and whitish face,- gets stuck with the fear of losing her mother.

-sleepy face and open mouth - comparable to a corpse.

-Here,the author shows the love and affection in a relationship b/w a mother and a daughter.

-poet hurt sad and shifts her attention outside the car for driving out undesirible feelings.she changes her bad mood.

-scene out side the window is - rising life and energy.cheerfully playing kids represent life,youth,and vitality.

-the poet remembring about her own childhood when her mother was young and beautiful.

-wherenow her mother is surrounded by the fear of losing her life and that made her insecure and sad.

-parting(being seperated from some one.)

-As she said goodbye to her mother, the image of the old mother in the dusk of years strikes her.

Here again, a simile is comparable with her mother with a late-night moon of the winters. The light of the moon is an obstacle by the fog and haze as she appears older now.

-as she leaves,she starts crying slowly without control,but keeping a brave heart she hides her tears and starts smiling.

-offers farewell to her old mother and and keeps her hope to see her again.she says "see you soon,amma.

-she expects her mother to be happy and enjoy her life like her.

Conclusion

-beautiful relation ship b/w daughter and her mother.