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  1. The message of the poem is the gradual but inevitable realisation of one’s parents getting old. One grows up with young strong parents but they grow older right in front of us. Here, the poet is sad about realising the same about her mother. The message is to spend more time with them. Read summaryRead more

    The message of the poem is the gradual but inevitable realisation of one’s parents getting old. One grows up with young strong parents but they grow older right in front of us. Here, the poet is sad about realising the same about her mother. The message is to spend more time with them.

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  1. Following poetic devices have been used in the poem My Mother at Sixty Six. Simile: it is the comparison of two things by using as or like. e.g. "her face ashen like that of a corpse", "as a late winter's moon". Metaphor: it is the direct comparison of two things without the use of as or like. e.g.Read more

    Following poetic devices have been used in the poem My Mother at Sixty Six.

    1. Simile: it is the comparison of two things by using as or like. e.g. “her face ashen like that of a corpse”, “as a late winter’s moon”.
    2. Metaphor: it is the direct comparison of two things without the use of as or like. e.g. “the merry children spilling”.
    3. Personification: When we give human characteristics to animals or plants or non-living things. e.g. “trees sprinting”. 
    4. Anaphora: It is the repetition of a word or phrase to create a poetic effect in a poem. e.g. the poet repeats these words, “smile and smile and smile”.
    5. Alliteration: It is the repetition of the consonant sounds in a line of a poem. e.g. “mmother”, “that thought”, “I said was, see you soon”.

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