ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -While travelling in a speeding vehicle, the objects outside appear to be rushing past us in the opposite direction. The trees seem to be running past the moving car. The sprinting of the trees symbolises the rapidly passing years of human’s life from childhood to old age.

Detailed explanation-2: -The springing youngsters are symbolic of the beginning of life as contrasted to the poet’s mother whose ashen face symbolizes imminent death.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answers. The defining feature of a narrative poem is its plot. Narrative poems feature an entire story, told by one narrator from beginning to end. Narrative poetry is one of the major categories of poetry, but is distinguished from lyric poetry by its focus on plot over emotions.

Detailed explanation-4: -My Mother At Sixty Six Theme It portrays the different stages of life and how everybody grows old and faces various situations that life throws at them. Hence, this is the central theme of the poem My Mother At Sixty Six.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: [A] About the growing age of her mother.