To Mother

Who is the Author of "To Mother"?

• Vaidehi

• OV Usha

• S Usha

• Kamala Das

To Mother was originally written in which language?

• Tamil

• Kannada

• English

• Malayalam

Who translated "To Mother"?

• AK Ramanujan

• Kuvempu

• Nissim Ezekiel

• S Usha

What does the daughter do in the first stanza of the poem?

• She is overwhelmed by the love her mother has for her.

• She tells her mother how proud she is herself to be her daughter.

• Pleading to leave her be and to let her be independent.

• Imploring how much she wants to follow the footsteps of her ancestors.

Who are the characters in the poem?

• Mother and Her son

• Mother and her husband

• Mother and a snake

• Mother and her daughter

What are the ideological differences between mother and daughter expressed in the poem?

• Tradition v/s Lifestyle

• Culture v/s Behavior

• womanhood v/s feminism

• All of the above

What does the sunlight represent in the poem?

• Liberation

• Heat

• Unattainable future

• Power

In the first stanza, what is the analogy used?

(Analogy: a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification.)

• Sunlight and a plant

• Sunlight and a snake

• Sunlight and the sky

• The sky and a plant

Which among these is NOT the restriction placed on the daughter by the Mother?

• to not to show off her clothes in public.

• Not to be a tomboy.

• Not to make pass eyes at people.

• not to learn how to ride a vehicle.

How old is the daughter in the poem?

• 18

• 16

• 17

• 20