Day-2,Revision!”class-12th🔥”“TOP Poetic Devices of ‘My Mother at Sixty-Six’ #boardexampreparation

Friends, if you’re preparing for Class 12 boards, listen carefully! My Mother at Sixty-Six may look short… but its poetic devices are exam GOLD! In the next 60 seconds, you’ll master every device teachers expect!” 🌟 TOP POETIC DEVICES ✔ 1. Simile “Her face ashen like a corpse” Mother’s face is compared to a dead body. Shows fear of losing her mother. 👉 Very important for exam! ✔ 2. Metaphor “Young trees sprinting” Trees do NOT actually run. Poet uses a metaphor to show the contrast—young life vs. her aging mother. ✔ 3. Personification “Merry children spilling out of their homes” Children appear full of life and joy, symbolizing energy and hope. ✔ 4. Imagery Visual images like pale face, sprinting trees, merry children Helps the reader SEE the scene like a movie. ✔ 5. Repetition “Smile, smile and smile…” Poet repeats the word to hide her pain and reassure herself. ✔ 6. Symbolism Airport’s security check → separation Trees / Children → youth & life Mother’s pale face → fear of death ✔ 7. Irony Poet says she smiles, but inside she is scared and sad. A smile covering pain. ✔ 8. Alliteration “Smile…, smile…, smile…” Repeated ‘s’ sound creates softness and emotion.