LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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To show poet’s fears
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To tell aging is painful
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Pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
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To show old age
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Someone who is ashen-faced looks very pale, especially because they are ill, shocked, or frightened.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answers. The title is apt as the poem is about the narrator’s realisation that time has flown by and old age has crept up on her mother. The poem revolves around the theme of advancing age, the fear associated with it, and loss and separation.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: [A] About the growing age of her mother.
Detailed explanation-5: -The poet’s mother has been compared to the late winter’s moon to bring out the similarity of ageing and decay. The late winter moon looks hazy and obscure. It lacks shine and strength. The poet’s mother has an ‘ashen’ face resembling a corpse.