MIDDLE AGE
Kamala Das is a famous Indian poetess writing in English. She was born as the daughter of famous malayalam poetess Balamaniamma in 1934 at Punnaurkulam near Guruvayoor. She is also known as Madhavikutty in malayalam literature. Her first book of poems, "summer in Calcutta" brought her acclaim and recognition. Her poems are simple. But they are always powerful. Her writings reflect her descriptive powers and keen observation and her frankness and intensity of feeling.
"Middle Age" is a beautiful poem written by Kamala Das. The poem deals with the pain and loneliness of a mother at her middle age. Middle age is a period of time when the children are no longer friends with her. They have changed as critics and enemies. They need mother only for washing cloth and serving tea. When children are growing, they turn to become critics of their own mothers. They neglect their mothers love in their adolescence. But the mother still loves them, When the mother reaches middle age she is no longer treated as a friend. They speak her to harshly. They treated their mothers as servants. But this is the time mother needs the love and care of her children.
In this poem teenage is compared with the bursting of pupae in their cocoons. Like pupae, children live in the cocoon of mother's love and care. When they reach teenage they burst the cocoon and come out. They think that they are independent. There fore they dislike the interference of their mothers. They feel they have little freedom. But poor mother still loves and cares them. But she only receives harsh behaviour from her children. Here poet describes the pain of a mother. The neglect of children is painful to her. When children have left her, she touches their books and things and secretly weeps.
There was time children need their mothers. She engage in fanciful games to amuse the children. She writes letters in golden ink and posts them at night. Remembering all those things she weeps. She cannot accept the change.
But at the end of the poem, the mother realizes that she lived in a dream world all her life. It is the time for her to wakeup and realize that she is no longer young. The children have grown up. They are busy in their world. They no more needed her, she need not find fault with them.
The poem reflects the loneliness of a mother. The works like weep, secretly, and alone reflects the loneliness of mother. The poem shows the past and present of a middle aged woman. It also reflects the pain of a mother who was neglected by her children.
The poem "Middle Age" also has some autobiographical element of poet. All mothers are unable to bear the neglect of their children. The poem also shows such a mother. When children grow up, like pupae they break cocoon and come out. From that time they become independent and they fly like birds. This is the picture of the modern world. When children reach their teenage, they began to avoid their mother. It has become a common thing in modern world. They fore the poem has relevance in current times. The poem focuses on the loneliness and neglect felt by the mother.
NEELIMA CHACKO
Kamala Das is a famous Indian poetess writing in English. She was born as the daughter of famous malayalam poetess Balamaniamma in 1934 at Punnaurkulam near Guruvayoor. She is also known as Madhavikutty in malayalam literature. Her first book of poems, "summer in Calcutta" brought her acclaim and recognition. Her poems are simple. But they are always powerful. Her writings reflect her descriptive powers and keen observation and her frankness and intensity of feeling.
"Middle Age" is a beautiful poem written by Kamala Das. The poem deals with the pain and loneliness of a mother at her middle age. Middle age is a period of time when the children are no longer friends with her. They have changed as critics and enemies. They need mother only for washing cloth and serving tea. When children are growing, they turn to become critics of their own mothers. They neglect their mothers love in their adolescence. But the mother still loves them, When the mother reaches middle age she is no longer treated as a friend. They speak her to harshly. They treated their mothers as servants. But this is the time mother needs the love and care of her children.
In this poem teenage is compared with the bursting of pupae in their cocoons. Like pupae, children live in the cocoon of mother's love and care. When they reach teenage they burst the cocoon and come out. They think that they are independent. There fore they dislike the interference of their mothers. They feel they have little freedom. But poor mother still loves and cares them. But she only receives harsh behaviour from her children. Here poet describes the pain of a mother. The neglect of children is painful to her. When children have left her, she touches their books and things and secretly weeps.
There was time children need their mothers. She engage in fanciful games to amuse the children. She writes letters in golden ink and posts them at night. Remembering all those things she weeps. She cannot accept the change.
But at the end of the poem, the mother realizes that she lived in a dream world all her life. It is the time for her to wakeup and realize that she is no longer young. The children have grown up. They are busy in their world. They no more needed her, she need not find fault with them.
The poem reflects the loneliness of a mother. The works like weep, secretly, and alone reflects the loneliness of mother. The poem shows the past and present of a middle aged woman. It also reflects the pain of a mother who was neglected by her children.
The poem "Middle Age" also has some autobiographical element of poet. All mothers are unable to bear the neglect of their children. The poem also shows such a mother. When children grow up, like pupae they break cocoon and come out. From that time they become independent and they fly like birds. This is the picture of the modern world. When children reach their teenage, they began to avoid their mother. It has become a common thing in modern world. They fore the poem has relevance in current times. The poem focuses on the loneliness and neglect felt by the mother.
NEELIMA CHACKO
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