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प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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... ... ...
a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?
b) What was the poet's childhood fear?
c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?
d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?
उत्तर
a) The phrase 'familiar ache' refers to the emotional pain and ache that the poet feels due to the realisation that her mother has grown old and has become frail and pale like a corpse. The ache also refers to the familiar ache of the childhood that revisits the poet.
b) The poetess feels the same pain that she used to feel as a child when scared of losing her mother or her company.
c) The first two lines express a deep sense of realisation and an emotional reminiscence, that the poetess is undergoing. She feels it could be the last time she is seeing her mother as her mother has grown old.
d) The 'smile' on the poetess face exhibits the helplessness that she is undergoing. she fails to express her fear or love in words to her mother. She only manages to smile helplessly.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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... ... ...
a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?
b) What was the poet's childhood fear?
c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?
d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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... ... ...
a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?
b) What was the poet's childhood fear?
c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?
d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions the follow :
I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with
pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away,.......
(a) What worried the poet when she looked at her mother ?
(b) Why was there pain in her realization ?
(c) Why did she put that thought away ?
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.
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,
... ... ...
(a) Who is 'her'?
(b) Why did the poet look at 'her' again?
(c) What was the poet's childhood fear?
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.
Ageing is a natural process; have you ever thought what our elderly parents expect from us?
What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
Why are the young trees described as 'sprinting'?
Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children 'spilling out of their homes'?
Why has the mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon'?
What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
State the common issue faced by most of the aged in the current times, with reference to the poem My Mother at Sixty-six.
Read the given extract to attempt the questions with reference to context:
| but after the airport’s security check, standing a few yards away, 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...... |
- Choose the correct option: (1)
In the above extract, the narrator feels ______.- satisfied
- fearful
- nostalgic
- regretful
- Identify the word in the extract that means 'colourless'. (1)
- Complete the following analogy correctly: (1)
She sang like a bird: Simile
All I did was smile and smile and smile: ______ - Read the following statements and choose the correct option: (1)
- The poet had gone through the security check.
- She did not want to look at her mother.
- (1) is true, but (2) is false.
- (1) is false, but (2) is true.
- Both (1) and (2) are true.
- Both (1) and (2) are false.
- What childhood fear is the poet referring to? (1)
- Fill the blank with appropriate words with reference to the extract: (1)
Pale as a winter's moon suggests ______.
Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.
What are the feelings of the poet about her aged mother with reference to the poem 'My Mother at Sixty Six'?
