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(A) TEXTUAL auESTIONS

Q1. Whatis the kind ofp pain and the ache that
the poet feels?
The poet feels the pain of unavoidable
mother. The ache the poet feels results out ofseparation from her
a sense of guilt for
not looking after her mother properly. Since
her childhood, the
poet has also experienced a nagging fear of her
mother being
ravaged by decay and age.
02 Why are the young trees described as 'sprinting'?
Young trees seem to be sprinting i.e. rushing past the poet,
hecause she is travelling very fast in a car. The sprinting
movement of the trees contrasts well with the poet's "ashen like"
old mother. The children who are in the spring of their life are
full of life and energy whereas the old woman has been
weakened and consumed by time. The youth in one's life sprints
away while the old age lingers on.
03. Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children
'spilling out of their
homes"?gsiteer
The image presents a sharp contrast to the poets limp and
dozing old mother. The children symbolise the beginning of life
and the old woman's pale and ashen face symbolises her
imminent death. The spontaneous overflow of life symbolised
by the children is in contrast with the inactive life of the aged

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mother.
Why hasthemother beenncompared tothe "late winter's moon"?
The poet has SCompared her mother to the "late winter's moon" to
convey theidea of herrold age. The winter is atraditional symbol
of death,
and moon, particularly the pale one is associated with
THEME

"if speech is silver, silence is gold" because in the treasure of deep silence we can find
alarge resource of peace and tranquility

In the modern world of advancement there is a rat race to outshine others But life can
be peaceful if this advancement can be stopped for some time.

THING OF BEAUTY
(John Keats)
John Keats is Romantic poet. He is firmly attached the endless beauty of nature. The
link of man with nature is Constant & unbroken. The things of beauty are just like
us
wreaths of beautiful flowers and we seems to weave a flowery bend that keeps
attached to the beauties of earth.

and dominating in their own


The mighty dead refer to the people who were powerful
Their work dazzles our eyes. Poet
lives. Their achievements made them mighty.
at the dooms day. They will
imagines that these mighty dead will attain more grandeur
are still remembered by the
be rewarded. They are dead in their graves but they
humanity.

AUNT JENNIFER TIGERS


(Adrienne Rich)

Moral / Theme /ldea I Message


the theme of the male
This poem is a feminist poem. It evolves around
exploitation of women by their
chauvinism and gender conflict. The theme of the
able to liberate
Counter Part has been brought out but in the poem. Aunt is never
alternate world
herself from the ordeals of her married life. She creates for herself an
freedom in which she can inhabit (live) in her imagination. She makes prancing, slee
and Chivalric tigers in the panel. But she is in the grip of ordeals and terror. She had
obey her dominating husbark. A strong resistance to racism and militarism echc
through this poem.

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