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Jude Joseph
Kamala Das / Kamala Suraiyya
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Kamala Das (1934-2009)
• Pen name(Malayalam) - Madhavikutty
• aka Kamala Suraiyya
• She grew up in Kerala & Calcutta
• She began writing poetry as a child
• She was married off at 15 to Madhava Das
• They moved to Bombay
• She had 3 sons
• She did her writing at night
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Kamala Das - the Writer
• wrote openly and frankly about female
sexual desire and the experience of being
an Indian woman.
• her work centred on personal rather than
colonial experiences.
• her short stories, poetry, memoirs, and
essays brought her respect and notoriety
in equal measures.
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Kamala Das - Important Works
• Summer in Calcutta (1965) - Poems
• The Descendants (1967) - Poems
• The Old Playhouse, and Other Poems
(1973)
• Alphabet of Lust (1976) - Novel
• the short stories
– “A Doll for the Child Prostitute” (1977)
– “Padmavati the Harlot” (1992).
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
• The English
version was
published in 1976.
• A shockingly
intimate work, it
came to be
regarded as a
classic.
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
My Mother At Sixty-six
• is a first person confessional poem
• is written in free verse
• The poem captures the speaker’s train of
thought.
• The entire poem is written in a single
sentence, punctuated by commas.
• It provides a glimpse of the subtle
intricacies of a mother-daughter
relationship.
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Summary - the Drive
• Poet/Speaker
• Mother - sixty-six years old
• Driving from home to the airport in Kochi.
• Old lady dozing - open mouthed, pale -
face ashen - looked like a corpse
• This pained poet - she diverted her
attention & looked outside the car.
• Outside the poet sees - “young trees
sprinting”, “merry children spillling out....”
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Summary - At the Airport
• Reach airport - security check
• Looked at her mother - she's pale,
colourless - “as a late winter's moon” -
which has lost its strength & shine.
• The familiar ache/childhood's fear revived
• But, she controlled herself - tried to
appear normal - covered her sadness
under smiles - said goodbye to mom
• Unsure whether she'll see her again
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Short Analysis
• The poem makes use of a natural
unaffected rhythm, striking imagery and a
sense of movement to convey the
insecurities and apprehensions of the
poet-persona about her rapidly ageing
mother and the inevitable separation that
must follow.
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Themes
• ageing
• a person’s love for her mother
• separation
• uncertainty
• death
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Words signifying movement
sprinting
spilling
driving
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
The idea of movement is central to
understanding the poem:
• the physical movement to the airport
• the emotional journey of the poet
• the movement of her mother towards
old age are all intermingled in this
poem about love, longing and
separation
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Analysis
• This transition from the stillness of the
dozing mother to the frivolity and
movement of youth through a single
glance is simply remarkable.
• The parting is made all the more poignant
by the fact that though she hopes to see
her mother, she fears that she might not.
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Figures of Speech /Poetic Devices
her face ashen like
that of a corpse
pale as a late
winter's moon
trees
sprinting
merry children spilling
out of their homes
smile and smile and
smile
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
Simile Personification
Metaphor
Repetition
Figures of Speech /Poetic Devices
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
young trees
sprinting
merry children
spiling out of
their homes
Poet's mother - dozing,
face - ashen like that of
a corpse
contrasted with
Analysis
• This intermingling of emotions of love,
hope, longing, nostalgia, fear and a
sense of helplessness at the face of
the inevitable seems to find its way in
the repetition of the final words of the
poem: all I did was smile and smile
and smile…
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS

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My Mother at Sixty six

  • 1. Prapared & Presented by Jude Joseph
  • 2. Kamala Das / Kamala Suraiyya JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 3. Kamala Das (1934-2009) • Pen name(Malayalam) - Madhavikutty • aka Kamala Suraiyya • She grew up in Kerala & Calcutta • She began writing poetry as a child • She was married off at 15 to Madhava Das • They moved to Bombay • She had 3 sons • She did her writing at night JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
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  • 5. Kamala Das - the Writer • wrote openly and frankly about female sexual desire and the experience of being an Indian woman. • her work centred on personal rather than colonial experiences. • her short stories, poetry, memoirs, and essays brought her respect and notoriety in equal measures. JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 6. Kamala Das - Important Works • Summer in Calcutta (1965) - Poems • The Descendants (1967) - Poems • The Old Playhouse, and Other Poems (1973) • Alphabet of Lust (1976) - Novel • the short stories – “A Doll for the Child Prostitute” (1977) – “Padmavati the Harlot” (1992). JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 7. • The English version was published in 1976. • A shockingly intimate work, it came to be regarded as a classic. JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 8. My Mother At Sixty-six • is a first person confessional poem • is written in free verse • The poem captures the speaker’s train of thought. • The entire poem is written in a single sentence, punctuated by commas. • It provides a glimpse of the subtle intricacies of a mother-daughter relationship. JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 9. Summary - the Drive • Poet/Speaker • Mother - sixty-six years old • Driving from home to the airport in Kochi. • Old lady dozing - open mouthed, pale - face ashen - looked like a corpse • This pained poet - she diverted her attention & looked outside the car. • Outside the poet sees - “young trees sprinting”, “merry children spillling out....” JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 10. Summary - At the Airport • Reach airport - security check • Looked at her mother - she's pale, colourless - “as a late winter's moon” - which has lost its strength & shine. • The familiar ache/childhood's fear revived • But, she controlled herself - tried to appear normal - covered her sadness under smiles - said goodbye to mom • Unsure whether she'll see her again JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 11. Short Analysis • The poem makes use of a natural unaffected rhythm, striking imagery and a sense of movement to convey the insecurities and apprehensions of the poet-persona about her rapidly ageing mother and the inevitable separation that must follow. JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 12. Themes • ageing • a person’s love for her mother • separation • uncertainty • death JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 14. The idea of movement is central to understanding the poem: • the physical movement to the airport • the emotional journey of the poet • the movement of her mother towards old age are all intermingled in this poem about love, longing and separation JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 15. Analysis • This transition from the stillness of the dozing mother to the frivolity and movement of youth through a single glance is simply remarkable. • The parting is made all the more poignant by the fact that though she hopes to see her mother, she fears that she might not. JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
  • 16. Figures of Speech /Poetic Devices her face ashen like that of a corpse pale as a late winter's moon trees sprinting merry children spilling out of their homes smile and smile and smile JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS Simile Personification Metaphor Repetition
  • 17. Figures of Speech /Poetic Devices JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS young trees sprinting merry children spiling out of their homes Poet's mother - dozing, face - ashen like that of a corpse contrasted with
  • 18. Analysis • This intermingling of emotions of love, hope, longing, nostalgia, fear and a sense of helplessness at the face of the inevitable seems to find its way in the repetition of the final words of the poem: all I did was smile and smile and smile… JUDE JOSEPH, PGT ENGLISH, KVS
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