FLAMINGO POETRY CHAPTER-1
My Mother at Sixty-Six Class 12 Question Answer | English Notes By Atul Sir। UP Board & CBSE
My Mother at Sixty-Six - Pure Hindi Summary For Up Board
यह कविता कवयित्री कमला दास की अपनी माँ के बारे में है।
कवयित्री अपनी माँ के साथ कार में कोचीन एयरपोर्ट जा रही हैं। उनकी माँ 66 साल की हैं और कार में उनके बगल में बैठी सो रही हैं। उनका चेहरा राख जैसा सफेद और उदास है, जैसे लाश का चेहरा हो। कवयित्री को अपनी माँ को देखकर बचपन का डर याद आ जाता है - माँ को खोने का डर।
वह अपना ध्यान हटाने के लिए कार की खिड़की से बाहर देखती हैं। बाहर युवा पेड़ तेजी से पीछे भाग रहे हैं, जैसे दौड़ रहे हों। और छोटे बच्चे खुशी से बाहर निकलकर खेल रहे हैं, हँस रहे हैं। ये युवा पेड़ और बच्चे जीवन और जवानी के प्रतीक हैं, जबकि माँ बुढ़ापे और मौत के प्रतीक हैं।
जब वे एयरपोर्ट पहुँचते हैं, तो सिक्योरिटी चेक के बाद कवयित्री अपनी माँ को फिर देखती हैं। माँ का चेहरा पीला, कमजोर, जैसे सर्दियों के चाँद जैसा। सर्दियों में चाँद पीला और धुंधला होता है, वैसे ही माँ का चेहरा।
कवयित्री को फिर वही पुराना दर्द और डर लगता है - माँ को खोने का डर। पर वह मुस्कुराती हैं और कहती हैं - "माँ, फिर मिलेंगे।" वह मुस्कुराहट सिर्फ दिखावे की है ताकि माँ को दुख न हो, पर अंदर से वह बहुत दुखी हैं।
कविता सिखाती है कि बच्चे अपनी बूढ़ी माँ को खोने से डरते हैं, बुढ़ापा और मौत सच्चाई है, पर हमें मुस्कुराकर विदा लेना पड़ता है।
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My Mother at Sixty-Six - Proper Summary in English Language)
SUMMARY IN ENGLISH (For CBSE Board)
This poem is by Kamala Das about her own mother.
Poet is going to Cochin airport with her mother in a car. Her mother is 66 years old and sleeping beside her in car. Her face is pale white and sad, like a corpse face. Poet remembers her childhood fear - fear of losing mother.
To divert attention, poet looks outside window of car. Outside young trees are running fast backwards, as if sprinting. And small children are happily coming out and playing, laughing. These young trees and children are symbols of life and youth, while mother is symbol of old age and death.
When they reach airport, after security check, poet again looks at mother. Mother's face is pale, weak, like winter's moon. In winter, moon is pale and dim, same like mother's face.
Poet again feels same old pain and fear - fear of losing mother. But she smiles and says - "Mother, see you soon." That smile is only to show, so that mother may not feel sad, but inside she is very sad.
Poem teaches that children fear losing their old mother, old age and death is truth, but we have to smile and bid goodbye.
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CHARACTER SKETCH OF POET (KAMALA DAS) / DAUGHTER - IN PURE ENGLISH for CBSE
Kamala Das is the poet and daughter in the poem. She is central character.
She is very sensitive and loving daughter. She loves her mother very much. She is going to Cochin airport but worried about 66-year-old mother sleeping beside her with pale, corpse-like face.
She has childhood fear of losing mother. Even now at airport she feels same old ache and fear. She is emotional.
She is also mature. Though inside she is sad, she hides her pain and smiles and says "See you soon, Amma" so that mother may not feel sad. She shows fake smile to comfort mother.
She observes contrast - young trees sprinting and merry children playing outside (youth and life) vs mother's pale face (old age and death). She understands old age and death is reality.
She represents all children who love parents and fear losing them.
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कवयित्री का चरित्र चित्रण - शुद्ध हिंदी में UP Board
कमला दास इस कविता की कवयित्री और बेटी हैं।
वे बहुत संवेदनशील और प्यार करने वाली बेटी हैं। वे अपनी माँ से बहुत प्यार करती हैं। वे कोचीन एयरपोर्ट जा रही हैं पर 66 साल की माँ के बारे में चिंतित हैं जो उनके बगल में राख जैसे पीले चेहरे के साथ सो रही हैं।
उन्हें बचपन से माँ को खोने का डर है। अब भी एयरपोर्ट पर उन्हें वही पुराना दर्द और डर लगता है। वे भावुक हैं।
वे परिपक्व भी हैं। भले ही अंदर से वे दुखी हैं, वे अपना दर्द छुपाती हैं और मुस्कुराकर कहती हैं "फिर मिलेंगे, माँ" ताकि माँ को दुख न हो। वे माँ को दिलासा देने के लिए नकली मुस्कान दिखाती हैं।
वे अंतर देखती हैं - बाहर तेज दौड़ते युवा पेड़ और खुश बच्चे (जवानी और जीवन) बनाम माँ का पीला चेहरा (बुढ़ापा और मौत)। वे समझती हैं कि बुढ़ापा और मौत सच्चाई है।
वे उन सभी बच्चों का प्रतीक हैं जो माता-पिता से प्यार करते हैं और उन्हें खोने से डरते हैं।
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CHARACTER SKETCH OF MOTHER - IN PURE ENGLISH for CBSE
Mother is 66 years old woman in poem.
She is old, pale, weak, sleeping in car beside daughter. Her face is ashen like corpse, pale like winter's moon. She is symbol of old age, decay and nearing death.
She is sleeping, tired due to old age. She does not know daughter's fear. She is calm but weak.
She represents all old parents who are nearing death and whose children fear losing them. Her pale face shows old age is reality and death is near.
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माँ का चरित्र चित्रण - शुद्ध हिंदी में UP Board
माँ इस कविता में 66 साल की बूढ़ी महिला हैं।
वे बूढ़ी, पीली, कमजोर हैं, कार में बेटी के बगल में सो रही हैं। उनका चेहरा राख जैसा सफेद, लाश जैसा, सर्दियों के चाँद जैसा पीला है। वे बुढ़ापे, कमजोरी और नजदीक आती मौत का प्रतीक हैं।
वे सो रही हैं, बुढ़ापे के कारण थकी हुई हैं। उन्हें बेटी के डर के बारे में पता नहीं। वे शांत पर कमजोर हैं।
वे उन सभी बूढ़े माता-पिता का प्रतीक हैं जो मौत के करीब हैं और जिनके बच्चे उन्हें खोने से डरते हैं। उनका पीला चेहरा दिखाता है कि बुढ़ापा सच्चाई है और मौत नजदीक है।
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MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX - COMPLETE WORD MEANING LIST (50+ Words)
_Part A - Starting ke Difficult Words_
1. My Mother at Sixty-Six - 66 साल की मेरी माँ - Title of poem
2. Kamala Das - कमला दास - Poet of poem
3. Cochin - कोचीन (केरल) - Place, airport going to
4. Car - कार - Car in which poet and mother going
5. Beside - बगल में - Mother sitting beside poet
6. Doze - झपकी, सोना - Mother dozing, sleeping
7. Open mouthed - खुला मुंह - Mother sleeping with open mouth
8. Ashen - राख जैसा सफेद - Pale white like ash
9. Corpse - लाश - Dead body, mother's face like corpse
10. Realised - एहसास हुआ - Felt pain
11. Pain - दर्द - Pain of losing mother
12. Childhood fear - बचपन का डर - Fear of losing mother since childhood
_Part B - Outside Window ke Words_
13. Young Trees Sprinting - युवा पेड़ दौड़ते हुए - Young trees running fast backward
14. Sprinting - तेज दौड़ना - Running fast
15. Merry children - खुश बच्चे - Happy children
16. Spilling out - बाहर निकलना - Children coming out of houses
17. Contrast - अंतर - Difference between youth and old age
18. Youth - जवानी - Young trees and children are youth
19. Old age - बुढ़ापा - Mother is old age
20. Life - जीवन - Children and trees show life
21. Death - मौत - Mother's pale face shows death near
22. Divert - ध्यान हटाना - Poet looks outside to divert mind
_Part C - Airport ke Words_
23. Airport - हवाई अड्डा - Cochin airport
24. Security check - सुरक्षा जांच - Checking at airport
25. Wan - पीला, कमजोर - Pale, weak face
26. Pale - पीला - Pale like winter moon
27. Winter's moon - सर्दियों का चाँद - Pale, dim moon in winter
28. Late winter's moon - सर्दियों के अंत का चाँद - More pale and dull
29. Ache - दर्द, टीस - Old familiar ache of childhood
30. Familiar ache - जाना पहचाना दर्द - Same fear since childhood
31. Old familiar ache - पुराना जाना पहचाना दर्द - Fear of losing mother
_Part D - Ending ke Words_
32. Smile - मुस्कुराहट - Poet smiles to hide pain
33. Fake smile - नकली मुस्कान - Smile only outwardly
34. See you soon, Amma - फिर मिलेंगे माँ - Words said to mother
35. Amma - माँ - Mother called Amma
36. Parting - विदाई, बिछड़ना - Saying goodbye at airport
37. Fear of losing - खोने का डर - Fear of mother's death
_Extra Board Exam Words_
38. Ashen like corpse - लाश जैसी राख - Simile used for mother
39. Pale as winter moon - सर्दी के चाँद जैसी पीली - Simile
40. Young Trees Sprinting - युवा पेड़ों का दौड़ना - Personification and contrast
41. Poetic devices - काव्य उपकरण - Simile, metaphor, contrast
42. Theme - विषय - Fear of losing mother, old age and death
43. Symbol - प्रतीक - Young trees = youth, Mother = old age
44. Irony - विडंबना - Inside sad but smiling outside
45. Love - प्यार - Daughter's love for mother
46. Old age - बुढ़ापा - Reality of life
47. Death - मृत्यु - Inevitable truth
48. Cochin - कोचीन - City in Kerala
49. Dozing - ऊंघना - Sleeping lightly
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MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX - IMPORTANT SHORT QUESTION ANSWERS
_Q1. Who is the poet of My Mother at Sixty-Six?_
_Ans:_ Poet is Kamala Das. It is about her own 66-year-old mother.
_Q2. Where was poet going with her mother?_
_Ans:_ Poet was going to Cochin airport in a car with her 66-year-old mother who was sleeping beside her.
_Q3. How did mother's face look?_
_Ans:_ Mother's face was ashen like corpse, pale white, open-mouthed, sleeping. At airport it was pale and wan like late winter's moon.
_Q4. What did poet see outside car window?_
_Ans:_ Outside poet saw young trees sprinting (running fast backward) and merry children spilling out (happy children coming out of houses, playing). They were symbols of youth and life.
_Q5. What is contrast in poem?_
_Ans:_ Contrast is between young trees and merry children (youth, life, energy) and mother's pale, ashen face (old age, decay, death near). One shows life, other shows death.
_Q6. What was poet's childhood fear?_
_Ans:_ Poet's childhood fear was fear of losing her mother, fear of mother's death and separation. She felt same old familiar ache at airport.
_Q7. What did poet do at airport?_
_Ans:_ At airport after security check, poet again looked at mother's pale face like winter moon, felt old ache, but smiled and said "See you soon, Amma" with fake smile to hide pain.
_Q8. Why did poet smile?_
_Ans:_ Poet smiled to hide her pain and fear and to comfort mother, so mother may not feel sad. It was fake outward smile, inside she was sad.
_Q9. What are poetic devices used?_
_Ans:_ Simile - ashen like corpse, pale as late winter's moon; Personification - Young Trees Sprinting; Contrast - youth vs old age; Repetition - smile and smile and smile.
_Q10. What is theme of My Mother at Sixty-Six?_
_Ans:_ Theme is fear of losing mother, love for mother, old age, decay and death is reality, youth vs old age, parting and childhood fear, need to hide pain with smile.
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MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX - LONG QUESTION ANSWER (5-6 Marks)
_Q1. Describe the poem My Mother at Sixty-Six._
_Ans:_ My Mother at Sixty-Six is by Kamala Das. Poet is going to Cochin airport with her 66-year-old mother in car. Mother is dozing, open-mouthed, face ashen like corpse, pale and weak.
Poet feels pain and childhood fear of losing mother. To divert mind, she looks outside window and sees Young Trees Sprinting (young trees running fast) and merry children spilling out (happy children playing). They symbolize youth and life, contrast to mother's old age and death.
At airport after security check, poet again sees mother pale like late winter's moon (pale, dim moon). She feels old familiar ache of childhood - fear of losing mother.
But she smiles and says "See you soon, Amma" with fake smile to hide pain and comfort mother. Poem shows love for mother, fear of losing, old age and death is truth, youth vs old age, parting.
_Q2. What is the central idea or theme of My Mother at Sixty-Six?_
_Ans:_ Central idea is fear of losing mother, love, old age, death, youth vs old age, and parting.
Poet Kamala Das loves her 66-year-old mother. Seeing mother sleeping in car with ashen, corpse-like, pale face like winter moon, she remembers childhood fear of losing mother.
Outside car, Young Trees Sprinting and merry children are contrast - they show youth, energy, life, while mother shows old age, decay, death near. This contrast highlights reality - youth will become old, old will die.
Poet feels old familiar ache but hides pain with smile and says "See you soon, Amma" to comfort mother. Poem teaches that old age and death is inevitable, children fear losing parents, love for parents, and we have to hide pain with smile at time of parting.
Poetic devices - simile (ashen like corpse, pale as winter moon), personification, contrast, repetition make poem beautiful.
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MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX - IMPORTANT MCQs
_Q1. Who is poet of My Mother at Sixty-Six?_
a) Kamala Das
b) Robert Frost
c) Pablo Neruda
d) John Keats
_Ans: a) Kamala Das_
_Q2. How old is mother in poem?_
a) 66 years
b) 60 years
c) 65 years
d) 70 years
_Ans: a) 66 years_
_Q3. Where was poet going?_
a) Cochin airport
b) Delhi airport
c) Mumbai airport
d) Home
_Ans: a) Cochin airport_
_Q4. How did mother's face look in car?_
a) Ashen like corpse, pale, open-mouthed sleeping
b) Smiling
c) Young
d) Happy
_Ans: a) Ashen like corpse, pale, open-mouthed sleeping_
_Q5. What did poet see outside window?_
a) Young Trees Sprinting and merry children spilling out
b) Old people
c) Nothing
d) Aeroplane
_Ans: a) Young Trees Sprinting and merry children spilling out_
_Q6. Young Trees Sprinting symbolize?_
a) Youth, life, energy
b) Old age
c) Death
d) Sadness
_Ans: a) Youth, life, energy_
_Q7. Mother's face at airport compared to?_
a) Late winter's moon (pale, wan)
b) Sun
c) Young tree
d) Child
_Ans: a) Late winter's moon_
_Q8. What was poet's childhood fear?_
a) Fear of losing mother
b) Fear of exam
c) Fear of darkness
d) Fear of car
_Ans: a) Fear of losing mother_
_Q9. What did poet say at end?_
a) See you soon, Amma with smile
b) Goodbye
c) I will not come
d) Nothing
_Ans: a) See you soon, Amma with smile_
_Q10. What is theme of poem?_
a) Fear of losing mother, old age, death, youth vs old age, love and parting
b) Nature
c) Tiger hunting
d) Journey
_Ans: a) Fear of losing mother, old age, death, youth vs old age, love and parting_
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CONCLUSION
The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" by Kamala Das shows love of daughter for 66-year-old mother. In car going to Cochin airport, mother sleeping with ashen, corpse-like, pale face like winter moon. Poet feels childhood fear of losing mother. Outside Young Trees Sprinting and merry children show youth and life, contrast to mother's old age and death. At airport poet feels old ache but hides pain with fake smile and says "See you soon, Amma". Theme is fear of losing mother, old age and death is reality, youth vs old age, love and parting.
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