12th Eng Flamingo,My Mother At Sixty Six, Poetic Devices, rhyme scheme, Simile metaphor

POEM-1 Flamingo

MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX

BY KAMALA DAS

Poetic device

Theme

The theme of the poem is 'ageing' which is the law of nature. It also depicts the helplessness and aspirations of the young generation

Rhyme scheme - Free Verse,blank verse

Tone-pensive and sorrowful.

Repetition: Repeated use of ‘looked’use of ‘smile

Simile: The colour of the mother’s face has been compared to that of a corpse – ashen. use of ‘like’ (her face ashen like that of a corpse)

use of ‘as’ (as a late winter’s moon).

imagery: when the poet say trees sprinting, merry children spilling

Personification- trees sprinting

METAPHOR-Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling out of their homes’ to show the

contrary image of her mother’s age and approaching end.

Alliteration: It is the repetition of the consonant sounds in a line of a poem. e.g. “my mother”, “that thought”, “I said was, see you soon”.

Poem-1 MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX

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