Poetic Vision and Social Commentary · Contemporary Poetry
My Mother at Sixty-Six: Aging and Loss
Exploring the complexities of filial relationships and the universal fear of separation.
Key Questions
- 1How does Kamala Das use the contrast between the internal car and the external world to signify life and death?
- 2What role does silence play in the interaction between the mother and daughter?
- 3How does the poet utilize a single sentence structure to mirror a stream of consciousness?
CBSE Learning Outcomes
CBSE: Flamingo - My Mother at Sixty-Six - Class 12
Class: Class 12
Subject: English
Unit: Poetic Vision and Social Commentary
Period: Contemporary Poetry
Suggested Methodologies
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