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Flamingo Poem My Mother At Sixty-Six
Quiz 1
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The mother’s old age and lack of energy is a depiction of
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the poet’s helplessness in old age
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joy and fun of old age
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bonding of mother with family members
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sickness and ill-health
Explanation
the poet’s helplessness in old age
The poem is made up of
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twenty lines
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a single sentence
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ten stanzas
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five stanzas
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a single sentence
The image of merry children has been brought out by the narrator in order to
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show energy and exuberance of young children
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to show the children playing
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to show the children playing pranks
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to compare with herself
Explanation
show energy and exuberance of young children
The narrator is only using her smile to
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cover up her pain
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make herself happy
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to make her mother happy
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to make her father happy
Explanation
cover up her pain
Smile and smile and smile is
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alliteration
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repetition
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simile
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metaphor
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repetition
She said to her mother
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goodbye
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au revoir
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good morning go.
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see you soon, Amma
Explanation
see you soon, Amma
When the narrator looked at her mother again she felt a pang of
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her familiar ache
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guilt
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heartache
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a headache
Explanation
her familiar ache
The narrator again compared her mother too
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summer’s sun
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rain clouds
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late winter’s moon
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trees and plants
Explanation
late winter’s moon
‘Children spilling out’ is an
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simile
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metaphor
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personification
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transferred epithet
Explanation
metaphor
‘Trees sprinting’ is a poetic device. It is
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personification
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alliteration
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repetition
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simile
Explanation
personification
She soon put that thought out of her mind and
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smiled
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laughed heartily
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cried bitterly
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looked out of the window
Explanation
looked out of the window
The poetess says her mother looked pale like a
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corpse
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ghost
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malnourished child
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anaemic person
Explanation
corpse
The person in the car, beside the poetess, was,
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her aunt
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her niece
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her uncle
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her mother
Explanation
her mother
She was going to
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Goa
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Mumbai
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Cochin
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Kolkata
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Cochin
Kamala Das was an
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Bengali
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Punjabi
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Keralite
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Gujarati
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Keralite
What were the words she used while parting from her mother?
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See you soon Ba
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See you soon beeji
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See you soon mata ji
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See you soon, amma
Explanation
See you soon, amma
Whose house the poet was leaving?
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her friend’s house
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in-law’s house
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her husband’s house
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her parents’ house
Explanation
her parents’ house
What does the expression smile, smile and smile signify?
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poet was going home and was elated
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poet was happy
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poet was hopeless
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poet’s desperate efforts to hide her fears
Explanation
poet’s desperate efforts to hide her fears
What arises from the complexity of the situation in the poem?
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Poet’s feelings
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Poet’s insecurities
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poet’s thoughts
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poet’s intertwining thoughts
Explanation
poet’s intertwining thoughts
Why does the poet feel parted, upset and sad?
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because of her fears
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because she was getting late
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fear of missing her flight
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because of her duty towards mother and her own needs
Explanation
because of her duty towards mother and her own needs
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