Question

Answer the following question in 40-50 words:

Interpret the use of visual imagery by Kamala Das in her poem to depict the passage of time.

Answer 1

• The image of her aging mother—' pale as a late winter’s moon'—conveys the fragility and inevitability of aging, highlighting the physical changes brought by time and evoking a sense of gentle, serene decline rather than abrupt decay.
• The vivid, lively description of young trees sprinting and merry children spilling out of their homes contrasts sharply with her mother's stillness and silence, enhancing the sense of her mother's isolation in old age and emphasizing the relentless passage of time, underscoring life’s transient nature.