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    The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" has a sad and sorrowful tone as it depicts the poet's fear of losing her aging mother. The poet tries to distract herself from her fears but finds herself constantly worrying about her mother's mortality as she looks increasingly frail. While the poet puts on a fake smile, inside she is full of fear and anxiety about the possibility that the next time she visits, her mother may be gone. The poem explores the complex human emotions around aging and the dynamics of family relationships.

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    The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" has a sad and sorrowful tone as it depicts the poet's fear of losing her aging mother. The poet tries to distract herself from her fears but finds herself constantly worrying about her mother's mortality as she looks increasingly frail. While the poet puts on a fake smile, inside she is full of fear and anxiety about the possibility that the next time she visits, her mother may be gone. The poem explores the complex human emotions around aging and the dynamics of family relationships.

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    The poem "My Mother at Sixty-Six" has a sad and sorrowful tone as it depicts the poet's fear of losing her aging mother. The poet tries to distract herself from her fears but finds herself constantly worrying about her mother's mortality as she looks increasingly frail. While the poet puts on a fake smile, inside she is full of fear and anxiety about the possibility that the next time she visits, her mother may be gone. The poem explores the complex human emotions around aging and the dynamics of family relationships.

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    REVIEW OF: MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-

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    My mother at sixty-six is a poem with a tone


    which is very sad, pensive and sorrowful. It
    shows the poets fear of losing her mother. It
    highlights how ageing is a huge factor in the
    human life. It also shows the dynamics of
    human relationships. Here we see that the poet
    tries to cover up her fear of losing her mother
    with all sorts of distractions but yet finds herself
    going in a loop and constantly trying to fight her
    fears. She says that her mother looks ashen and
    wan and that she feels the old ache and all her
    old fears coming back, the fear of losing her
    mother. She sees the trees sprinting and merry
    children spilling out of their homes which
    symbolizes youth which again pushes her into
    the loop of fear. It shows contradiction of young
    and old. The poem beautifully depicts the
    complexities of human emotions and feelings.
    She is full of fear in the inside but conceals it
    with a fake smile. She says I smile and smile
    and smile in the end of the poem even though
    she feared that the next time she’d return she
    wouldn’t be able to see her mother. She says see
    you soon amma and walks away with a fake
    smile, with a heavy heart and with all her fears
    rushing in her head.

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