Summary Quick Revision Notes: My Mother at 66 (Class 12 English)

MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX


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T H E P O E M I S A B O U T A DAU G HT E R ' S F E A R O F LO S I N G
H E R M OT H E R D U E TO O L D AG E . T H E P O E T I S G O I N G
TO T H E A I R P O RT F R O M H E R PA R E NTS ’ H O M E TO
AT T E N D C OAC H I N G . H E R M OT H E R I S S IT T I N G B E S I D E
H E R I N T H E C A R . S H E N OT I C E S T H AT H E R M OT H E R
LO O K S PA L E , W E A K , A N D L I F E L E S S , A L M O S T L I K E A
C O R P S E . T H I S M A K E S T H E P O E T S U D D E N LY R E A L I Z E
T H AT H E R M OT H E R I S G E T T I N G O L D A N D M AY N OT
L I V E M U C H LO N G E R . T H E T H O U G HT O F LO S I N G H E R
M OT H E R F I L L S H E R W IT H C H I L D H O O D F E A R S AG A I N ,
B U T S H E H I D E S H E R E M OT I O N S A N D LO O K S O U T O F
T H E W I N D O W. S H E S E E S YO U N G T R E E S R U N N I N G
PA S T, W H I C H S I G N I F I E S H A P P Y C H I L D R E N P L AY I N G
O U TS I D E , I N C O NT R A S T TO H E R M OT H E R ' S O L D AG E .
AT T H E A I R P O RT, T H E P O E T LO O K S AT H E R M OT H E R
AG A I N . H E R M OT H E R LO O K S PA L E , L I K E T H E L AT E
W I NT E R M O O N . T H E P O E T H I D E S H E R E M OT I O N S A N D
S M I L E S , H O P I N G TO S E E H E R M OT H E R AG A I N .