1.3 Driving from my parent's home to Cochin last Friday morning,

I saw my mother, beside me,

Doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that

Ofa corpse and realized with pain

That she was as old as she looked but soon

a) Where was the poet driving to? Who was sitting beside her?

b) What did the poet notice about her mother?

c) What do the following words mean

1. Doze

2. Ashen

A. The poet was driving to Cochin.

Her mother was beside her

B. She noticed that her mother was ashen and looked old

C. Doze means to sleep

Ashen is a look of paleness that could be as a result of fear or illness.

Explanation:

From the poem, the poet says she was "Driving from my parent's home to Cochin" so this clearly states where she was going to.

Her mother was also described as being beside her.

As soon as her mother dozed off, she noticed that she looked ashen and was looking old.