Class 12th My mother at sixty-six summary_ full Explanation both Hindi – English ! My mother at sixty -six Question and answers

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My mother at sixty-six  summary_ full Explanation both Hindi – English

 

My mother at sixty-six  summary_ full Explanation both Hindi – English

  

MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX

                                                                                  Part (I)

               *Detailed analysis of the poem*

In this poem ,the poet relates a personal experience. Through it, she brings out a common paradox of human relationships. Sometimes ,we do feel deep sympathy for someone but we fail to express it in a proper manner.

                        It was a Friday morning. The poet was driving  from her parent’s home to the  Cochin  airport . Her  mother  was sitting beside her in the car. The mother was then sixty-six years old .While going , the poet turned to look at her mother. She found that the mother was dozing and her mouth was open. Her face was as pale as that of dead person. The poet painfully realized that her mother was not going to live long . But soon she drove this painful thought away from her mind. She started locking at the young trees on the roadside that seemed to be running fast. She saw children running out of their homes in joy.

                     After  reaching the airport, the poet went through the security check. Her mother was standing outside a few yards away. After the security check , the poet again looked at her mother from that distance. The mother’s face was pale white. It was  as pale as the face of the moon in late winter. The poet felt an old familiar ache in her body. It was like she used to feel in her childhood when some fear overpowered her. Yet she spoke no word to her mother. All that she said was, “See you soon, Amma.” The only thing the poet did was  smile and smile and smile.  

                                                              

                             * कविता की विस्तृत व्याख्या *

इस कविता में कवियत्री एक निजी अनिभव का वर्णन करती है ! इसके द्वारा वह मानवीय सम्बन्धो का एक साधारण बिरोधाभास व्यक्त करती है ! कई बार हम किसी किसी के प्रति गहरी सहानुभूति अनुभव करते है किन्तु हम इसे उपयुक्त ढंग से व्यक्त नहीं कर पाते

शुक्रवार की प्रातः थी !कवियत्री अपने माता और पिता के घर से कोचीन के हवाई अड्डे  को जा रही थी! गाड़ी में  उसकी माँ  उसके बगल में बैठी हुइ थी ! माँ की आयु तब  छीआसठ  वर्ष की थी ! जाते वक्त  कवियत्री ने माँ के तरफ देखने के लिए माँ की तरफ सर घुमाया ! उसने देखा की माँ ऊंघ रही थी और उसका मुँह खुला हुआ  था ! उसका चेहरा उतना ही पीला था जितना किसी मृत व्यक्ति का ! कवियत्री को पीड़ापूर्ण  अनुभव हुआ  की माँ अधिक देर जीवित नहीं रहेंगी ! किन्तु पीर शीघ्र  ही इस पीड़ाजनक विचार को अपने मन से निकाल दिया ! उसने सड़क के किनारे छोटे छटे  पेड़ो को देखना शरू कर दिया जो तेज़ भागते हुए प्रतीत हो रहे थे ! उसने बच्चो को अपने घरो से बाहर ख़ुशी में भागते हुए देखा !

हवाई अड्डे पर पहुंचने के बाद कवियत्री ने सुरक्षा जांच करवाई !उसकी माँ कुछ गज दूर बाहर खड़ी थी ! सुरक्षा  जांच के बाद कवियत्री ने उतनी दूर से फिर अपनी माँ की तरफ देखा ! माँ का चेहरा पिली सफेदी लिए हुए था ! यह उतना ही पीला लग रहा था जितना पीला शीत ऋतू के अंतिम दिनों में चाँद प्रतीत होता है !कवियत्री को अपने शरीर में एक जानी पहचानी पीड़ा सी महसूस हुई ! यह उसी तरह की थी जैसी वह अपने बचपन में महसूस किया करती थी  जब उस पर कोई भय छा जाता था ! फिरभी उसने अपनी माँ से कोई शब्द भी न कहा ! केवल जो बात उसने कही  वो यह थी  "अम्मी " शीघ्र ही तुमसे दोबारा मिलूंगी ! 'केवल एक काम कवियत्री ने जो किया ,  वह यह था की  वह मुस्कुराती रही और मुस्कुराती ही रही !

 (Main Points of the poem) Important questions and answers for board Exams :-

                                                              *Main points of the poem*

1. It was a  Friday morning. The poet was driving to the  Cochin  airport . Her sixty-six  year old mother  was sitting beside her.

शुक्रवार की प्रातः थी !कवियत्री अपने माता और पिता के घर से कोचीन के हवाई अड्डे  को जा रही थी! गाड़ी में  उसकी माँ  उसके बगल में बैठी हुइ थी !

2.  The poet turn to look at her mother. She saw that the mother  looked as pale as death . A  sad thought came into the poets mind.

 कवियत्री ने माँ के तरफ देखने के लिए माँ की तरफ सर घुमाया !  उसने देखा की उसकी माँ मृत के समान  पिली लग रही थी ! कवियत्री के मन में एक उदसी भरा विचार आ गया

3. But she soon drove this thought away and started looking at the trees that seemed to be running fast outside. She saw children running out of their homes in joy.

किन्तु पीर शीघ्र  ही इस पीड़ाजनक विचार को अपने मन से निकाल दिया ! उसने सड़क के किनारे छोटे छटे  पेड़ो को देखना शरू कर दिया जो तेज़ भागते हुए प्रतीत हो रहे थे ! उसने बच्चो को अपने घरो से बाहर ख़ुशी में भागते हुए देखा !

4. After reaching the air port , the poet went through the security check. Standing a few yards away she again looked at her mother. The mother looked very pale and weak.

हवाई अड्डे पर पहुंचने के बाद कवियत्री ने सुरक्षा जांच करवाई ! कुछ गज दूर खड़े हुए उसने फिर अपनी माँ की तरफ देखा ! माँ बहुत पिली और कमजोर लग रही थी !

5. But the poet said nothing but this : “Amma , see you soon.” Then she smiled and smiled and smiled. That was all she did.

किन्तु कवियत्री  ने  इसके अतिरिक्त  कुछ न कहा , "अम्मी , शीघ्र ही तुमसे दोबारा मिलूंगी !" तब वह मुस्कुराती रही और मुस्कुराती ही मुस्कुराती रही ! उसने केवल इतना ही किया !

                      Reading Comprehension

                                                                      Extract No 1

                   ………………I saw my mother , besides me,

                   Doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that

                   of a cropse and realized with pain

                    that  she was as old as she looked but soon.

                    put that thought away……………………….

Question 1.  

           (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.

Answers. 

           (a) The poet was worried to see that her mother had turned pale like a corpse.

           (b) It pained her to realize that her mother was now not going to live long.

           (c) She put thought away because it was a painful thought.

           (d) The figure of speech used in these lines is a smile : “her face ashen like of a corpse.”

                                            Extract No 2

                             …………….and looked out  at  young

                            Trees sprinting the merry children spilling

                            Out of their homes, but after the airports’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………………………………

Question No 2. 

            (a) Which thought the poet put away ?

            (b) What do the ‘sprinting trees’ signify ?

            (c)  What are ‘the merry children spilling out of their home’s symbolic of ?

Answers.

            (a) It was the thought that the poet’s mother might not live long now.

            (b) The ‘sprinting trees’ signify the vitality of youth.

            (c)  The merry children spilling out of their home’s are symbolic of carefree childhood when all                              

                  time is playtime.

                                                              OR

Question No 3.

              (a) How can the tress 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.

Answers.

             (a) Tress can’t sprint; they only seem to be sprinting when we pass by them in a fast- moving vehicle.

            (b) The poet was going away from her mother. She feared that her mother was not going to live long.This painful thought made her look at her mother again.

             (c) She observed that her mother’s face looked pale white like the face of late winter’s moon.

             (d) The figure of speech used in these lines is smile : ‘……..her wan, pale as a late winter’s moon’.

                                                 Extract No 3.

                                 …………..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……...

Question 4.

           (a) What was the childhood fear that now troubled the poet ?

           (b) What do the poet’s parting words suggest ?

           (c)  Why did the poet smile and smile ?

Answer.

          (a) In her childhood , the poet’s heart was filled with fear when her mother was not with her . It was the same fear that overcame her now.

         (b) These words suggest that younger onces do feel for their elders though they may not communicate their feelings openly.

        (c)  The poet couldn’t find appropriate words to say her mother .therefore, she only smiled and smiled.

                        SHORT –ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

Q1.  Why has the poet’s mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon?

Ans.  Winter like old age , is a time of inactivity. Old age is the last phase of human life, just as winter is the last phase of the year. And in old age, man grows pale like death, just as the moon in late winter looks pale white.

Q2.  What  is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels ?

Ans.  The poet sees that her mother has grown very pale and weak. She looks as pale as death.She realizes that her mother is not going to live long.This thought gives her much pain.

Q3.  What was the poet’s childhood fear ?

                                          OR

        What were Kamala Das’s fear  as a child ?  Why do do they surface when she is going to the airport?

Ans.  In her childhood fear, the poet used to fear that her mother would leave her.Those were a child’s fear of insecurity. But now the fear was not of insecurity . It was the fear of being left alone without her mother.

Q4. Why are the young trees describe as ‘sprinting’ ?

Ans. The poet is driving to the airport, She looks outside and find the trees coming fast  towards her. They seem to be running fast. In fact, it is only the car that is running, not the towards.

Q5. What does the  poet see when she looks outside during her derive to the airport ?

Ans.  The poet sees young trees on the roadside . These trees seem to be running fast towards her. She sees children running out of their homes in joy.

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