My Mother at Sixty Six Flashcards
To Cochin last Friday morning
Assonance: Here we see the use of vowel sound that is ‘o’
doze, open-mouthed, her face ashen like that
of a corpse
Assonance: Use of vowel sound ‘o’,’a’, ‘e’
her face ashen like that of a corpse
Simile: The colour of the mother’s face has been compared to that of a corpse – ashen. use of ‘like
she was as old as she looked but soon
Consonance: use of the sound ‘s’ and ‘t’
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
imagery: when the poet say trees sprinting, merry children spilling
that she was as old as she looked but soon
put that thought away, and looked out at Young
Repetition: Repeated use of ‘looked’
Amma, all I did was smile and smile and smile…
Repetition: use of ‘smile’
as a late winter’s moon
Simile: Mother’s face is compared to the late winter’s moon – both are dull and lifeless. use of ‘as’ (as a late winter’s moon).
the merry children spilling
Metaphor: it is the direct comparison of two things without the use of as or like.
