Class 12 English Flamingo Poem - My Mother At Sixty-Six Video Lecture

good morning students how do you do I
hope you are fine this is the first poem
in the series of online lecture and you
have been reading the prose part from
last so many time this is the first poem
in the syllabus now you would have been
acquainted with the style of teaching of
mine that is I give a minute to the
picture
at the top here you can see a special
type of spectacle why I call this a
special type of spectacle because you
can find the round frame and at the same
time this say a frame which is hooked at
the back while such hooks are there in
such type of spectacle or frames so that
the spectacle may not fall down and in
terms of physics we call this a bio
focal lens at prime aphasia
prime aphasia means when we look this
particular spectacle for the first time
it is a bifocal lens having a special
frame at the end the hooks at the back
now why these hooks are provided because
the person wearing this spectacle if
sometimes he is doing a job like
brooming if he is say picking something
up of his height the spectacle may not
fall down it will be fixed on his ears
at his temple tonpetty Kovich or temple
hey hey hey or Tana may at car ahead
easily a this special type of spectacle
has been made and how apt
we this drawing has been made because
the title of the poem is my mother at 66
when my mother had attained an age of 66
definitely she is quite old and she is
in a position that she is not in a
position to hold or a grip the normal
spectacles that's why this particular
type of spectacle has been made that is
this framed with a hook at the end so
but so let us begin with the poem my
mother at 66 and as we are in a fashion
of first reading about the poet we will
move with reading the weight itself poem
written by kamila das born in 1934 but
so this book has not been revised from a
long time that's why let me tell you
that she is now no more alive she born
in 1934 and died on 31st May 2009 okay
so you have to keep this date in mind
come Ladas born in 1934 and died in 31st
May 2009 was born in Malabar Kerala she
is recognized as one of the India's
foremost poets her works are known for
their originality versatility and the
indigenous flavour of the soil but so
she is known she is one of the famous
Indian women poet and she is known for
what for her originality means what she
has written all the poems of her own
originality versatility versatility
means what for her multifaceted Ness
versatility is multifaceted FAC
te d multifaceted nests and the
indigenious flavor of soil indigenous
flavor of soil means what we can find an
Indian flavor Nativity or Indian nests
in her poem that is indigenious flavor
of the soil come Ladas had has published
many novels and short stories in English
and Malayalam under the name Madhvi koti
and she is also known for writing many
novels even short stories in english and
malayalam under the name mod vacati some
of her works in english include the
novel alphabet of lust 1977 a collection
of short stories
Padmavati the harlot and other stories
1992 in addition to five books of poetry
she is a sensitive writer who captures
the complex subtleties of human
relationship in lyrical idiom and my
mother at 66 is an example but your last
three lines she is a sensitive writer
who captures the complex subtleties of
human relationship in lyrical idiom that
means in a form of a poem she has very
beautifully compiled this poem this word
subtle su bt l e TI es means complex
that is cunning or artful artful or
cunning cu double n ing cunning of human
relationships in lyrical idiom in a form
of lyrical idiom that is in the form of
a poem and this is poem my mother at 66
is a very beautiful example of it okay
so before we will start reading the poem
we will have to discuss one important
question and
that is