what is the significance of the parting words of the poet and her smile in the poem my mother at sixty six?

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The significance of the parting words is for the encouragement and moral support of the poet's mother. The poet is giving hope to her mother that they will meet again. The smile in true sense is painful as the poet is trying to hide her emotions.

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