Questions tagged [kamala-surayya]
Kamala Surayya (1934–2009), Indian poet, novelist, and short story writer; also known by her pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das.
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Aspects of Kamala Das's Poem 'My Mother at Sixty-Six'
This poem 'My Mother at Sixty-Six' is in our curriculum and I have a few questions on this:
Why does the poet capitalise 'Young Trees'? Why not just leave it as 'young trees' as it is not a proper ...
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Repetition of "smile" in Kamala Surayya's 'My Mother at Sixty-six'
In the poem 'My Mother at Sixty-six' by Kamala Surayya, the poet ends the "prose" saying
all I did was smile and smile and smile....
There are various critical interpretations as to what does the ...
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