how does the poem bring out the irony of human relationships?
THE POEM,"MT MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX" REVOLVES AROUND THE THEME OF ADVANCING AGE AND THE CONSEQUENT FEAR OF LOSS AND SEPARATION .AS THE POET WAS ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT IN COCHIN ,SHE WAS STRUCK BY THE REALISATION THAT HER MOTHER WAS OLD AND FRAIL AND WAS OVERWHELMED BY THE FEAR OF HER PARENT 'S IMPENDING DEATH .SHE OBSERVED HER MOTHER,IN THE TWILIGHT YEARS,PALE AND WANING LIKE THE LATE WINTER MOON . LIKE ANY CHILD ,SHE TOO REMEMBERED HAVING HARBOURED THE INSECURITY OF LOSING A PARENT THAT SEEMED TO BE PRESENTLY UNFOLDING IN HER LIFE.BESET WITH SORROW AND INSECURITY,ALONG THE END OF THE POEM,SHE BID GOODBYE TO HER AGED MOTHER AT THE AIRPORT.THE AUTHOR UNDERGOES THE UNIVERSAL EMOTIONS OF GRIEF AND FEAR OF LOSING TO OLD AGE AND DEATH. KAMALA DAS'S ELOQUENT AND POIGNANT VERSE BRINGS OUT THE MOTIF OF TRANSIENCE AND PASSING TIME.