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प्रश्न
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
and
looked out at young
trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, 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, ......
(a) How can the trees sprint?
(b) Why did the poet look at her mother again?
(c) What did she observe?
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.
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उत्तर
(a) When we look out of a moving vehicle, we see the objects moving in the opposite direction. This motion is referred to as 'sprinting' by the poetess, who when looked out of her moving car, felt as if the trees were running.
(b) The poetess looked at her mother again to reassure herself of her mother’s presence.
(c) The poetess observed that her mother looked pale and weak.
(d) The poetic device that is used in these lines is personification and simile.
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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 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.
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'?
Read the following extract 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, but all I said was, see you soon, Amma, all I did was smile and smile and smile... |
- The poem 'My Mother at Sixty-Six' captures the ______ narrator. (1)
I. happiness
II. fear
III. dismay
IV. anxiety
Choose the most appropriate option:- Only I
- I and IV
- II and IV
- Only III
- Identify the phrase from the extract that suggests the following: (1)
She was overwhelmed with emotion and could not speak much. - The word 'wan' in the given context most nearly means: (1)
- pale
- old
- unwell
- anxious
- Complete the following analogy correctly. Do not repeat the example used. (1)
Trees sprinting : personification :: ______ : simile - On the basis of the extract, study the two statements, I and II given below: (1)
I. The poet accepts the reality of her mother's declining health and old age.
II. She is nostalgic about her childhood days spent with her mother.
Choose the most appropriate option:- I is true, but II is false.
- Both I and II are true.
- II is the reason for I.
- II cannot be inferred from the extract.
- Explain the following statement with reference to the above extract: (1)
All I did was smile and smile and smile.
