WorksheetsMy Mother at Sixty-Six by Kamla Das
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which one of these describes the theme of the poem accurately?
Love for mother
The fear of loss & separation
Love for child
Nostalgia of childhood
What is the figure of speech used in the line "her face ashen like that of a corpse"?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Transferred Epithet
What did the poet realize with pain?
Her mother was not coming with her.
Her mother had fallen asleep and was not listening to her.
Her mother no longer remembered her.
Her mother looked pale just like a corpse.
Why did the poet decide to look at the young trees and merry children instead of her mother?
She wanted to put the negative thoughts away.
She had a penchant for scenery.
She loved children.
She had nothing else to do.
What is the figure of speech used in the line "Young Trees sprinting"?
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
Alliteration
How did the poet's mother look when the poet looked at her after the airport’s security check?
Full of vigour
Her usual self
Not as old as she looked earlier
pale as a late winter’s moon
What was the poet's childhood fear?
punishment from her mother
temporary separation from her mother
losing her mother
Staying away from her
What is the figure of speech used in the line "smile and smile and smile"?
Assonance
Simile
Metaphor
Repetition
What does the ending of the poem suggest?
The poet is optimistic that she will see her mother again.
It portrays a bleak future.
Reality is portrayed at the end.
Nothing can be said for sure.
Which one of these does NOT describe the poem appropriately?
It is intensely personal.
It is deeply emotional.
It is about advancing age and loss and separation.
It deals with a delicate subject superficially.
