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  • 1. 
    The mother’s old age and lack of energy is a depiction of

  • the poet’s helplessness in old age
  • joy and fun of old age
  • bonding of mother with family members
  • sickness and ill-health

  • 2. 
    The poem is made up of

  • twenty lines
  • a single sentence
  • ten stanzas
  • five stanzas

  • 3. 
    The image of merry children has been brought out by the narrator in order to

  • show energy and exuberance of young children
  • to show the children playing
  • to show the children playing pranks
  • to compare with herself

  • 4. 
    The narrator is only using her smile to

  • cover up her pain
  • make herself happy
  • to make her mother happy
  • to make her father happy

  • 5. 
    Smile and smile and smile is

  • alliteration
  • repetition
  • simile
  • metaphor

  • 6. 
    She said to her mother

  • goodbye
  • au revoir
  • good morning go.
  • see you soon, Amma

  • 7. 
    When the narrator looked at her mother again she felt a pang of

  • her familiar ache
  • guilt
  • heartache
  • a headache

  • 8. 
    The narrator again compared her mother too

  • summer’s sun
  • rain clouds
  • late winter’s moon
  • trees and plants

  • 9. 
    ‘Children spilling out’ is an

  • simile
  • metaphor
  • personification
  • transferred epithet

  • 10. 
    ‘Trees sprinting’ is a poetic device. It is

  • personification
  • alliteration
  • repetition
  • simile
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