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

  1. 1How does Kamala Das use the contrast between the internal car and the external world to signify life and death?
  2. 2What role does silence play in the interaction between the mother and daughter?
  3. 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

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