Poetess praises the hands of
the mother for their spiritual beauty. She says that although these hands
are neither good looking nor small and one can think that they were beautiful ones.
She has seen these hands they were the imagination of an artists. For her they
are still attractive. Further she says for the pleasure
of children these hands worked very hard instead of sorrows
and worries. Poetess is sad for these hands because they are growing weak with
the pace of time. The marks of pain and old age are on fore head, heart and
hand. She feels that her death is fast approaching and one day these hands
would be buried under the daisies. But she is hopeful that beyond this world of
sorrows and sins lies beautifuland eternal world and her mother’s hands
would be victorious there and after death she would get anopportunity of
holding her mothers hands.
Question and Answers
Q.1 What words or
phrases tell us that they are not pretty in the physical sense?
Ans. The words “ages and wrinkled” tell us that the hands are not beautiful in their physical appearance. It means that these hands are old and full of wrinkles. They are neither fair not small but rough and big.
Ans. The words “ages and wrinkled” tell us that the hands are not beautiful in their physical appearance. It means that these hands are old and full of wrinkles. They are neither fair not small but rough and big.
Q.2 Why does the
poetess praise the hands in the second stanza?
Ans. The poetess praises the hands in the second stanza because these hands carelessly worked hard inspite of exhaustion and utter fatigue in order to provide happiness of her children. The poetess is showing repentance because when she was young, she could’ve helped her mother in doing chars of daily life but she did not.
Ans. The poetess praises the hands in the second stanza because these hands carelessly worked hard inspite of exhaustion and utter fatigue in order to provide happiness of her children. The poetess is showing repentance because when she was young, she could’ve helped her mother in doing chars of daily life but she did not.
Q.3 In the third
stanza, what does “These hands must folded be” mean?
Ans. The words, “These hands must folded be” mean that the death time of the poetess mother was near to come. The poetess is showing her grief because soon her mother would be under the layers of wild flowers in a folding manner.
Ans. The words, “These hands must folded be” mean that the death time of the poetess mother was near to come. The poetess is showing her grief because soon her mother would be under the layers of wild flowers in a folding manner.
Q.4 Who does the
poetess praise in this poem?
Ans. In this poem, the poetess pays a high tribute to her mother’s hands for their spiritual beauty. She further defined these hands that they worked restlessly in spite of facing tribulations of life, so that her family might enjoys a happy life.
Ans. In this poem, the poetess pays a high tribute to her mother’s hands for their spiritual beauty. She further defined these hands that they worked restlessly in spite of facing tribulations of life, so that her family might enjoys a happy life.
Q.5 Why does the
poetess praise her mother’s hand in this poem?
Ans. The poetess praises her mother’s hand in this poem because these hands worked very hard to bring her up .These hands rested not in order to provide comfort and happiness to her.
Ans. The poetess praises her mother’s hand in this poem because these hands worked very hard to bring her up .These hands rested not in order to provide comfort and happiness to her.
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