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English Core · 2024 · 5 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 3 · Set 3 · Q12
How do imagery and symbolism in the poems "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" and "My Mother at Sixty-six" offer insights into relationships? Write a diary…
How do imagery and symbolism in the poems "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" and "My Mother at Sixty-six" offer insights into relationships ? Write a diary entry expressing your thoughts. You may begin this way : I read the two poems today and ...
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Aunt Jennifer's Tigers
the poem challenges traditional ideas of marriage / norms of patriarchal society
images of ring / ordeals / wedding band
tigers represent confidence, ferocity in contrast or juxtaposed to Aunt Jennifer's anxiety, fear and nervousness
critiques the power dynamics present in a society
My Mother at Sixty-six
the poem is about love and compassion towards parents
fear of parent ageing, age reflecting on their faces, bodies
fear of separation from the parents
sense of responsibility, promise of meeting again
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2024board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.