1-Central Idea ( My Mother at Sixty Six)
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The poem ' My Mother at Sixty-six' is written by Kamla Das. It revolves around the poetess' fear of losing her mother due to old age. Though the 'ageing' is a natural process yet the fear of losing one's mother is always very painful. The poems talks about the feeling of loneliness that old people experience. The poem also explores the feelings of pain that a daughter experiences while leaving her mother, all by herself, at a ripe old age.
The emotions experienced by the poetess are universal in nature.
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2-Central Idea ( Keeping Quite)
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The Poem, 'Keeping Quiet' is written by Pablo Neruda. It demands the necessity of quiet introspection. The poet wants us to keep silent and suspend all activities for a while so that we may introspect and understand ourselves. We should go deep into the soul for self introspection.
This will help us in creating a feeling of mutual understanding among human beings. The poet wants us to change our perspective and thinking. We should stop wars, hate, pollution, killing of animals and hurting ourselves.
3- Central Idea ( A thing of Beauty)
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The poem 'A Thing of Beauty' composed by a famous British Poet John Keats gives us a message that a thing of beauty is a joy forever. The beautiful things are the sources of great happiness and pleasure. The loveliness of beautiful things never pass into nothingness. On the contrary It increases every moment. Beautiful things make an everlasting impression on man's mind and soul. Our earth is full of innumerable beautiful things and all the beautiful things are like an endless fountain of immortal drink which never ends.
