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only when from my bedroom window I send
my eyes into the blue of the distant sky,
I feel that the stillness of
my mother's gaze on my face
has spread all over the sky.
Lines 1-3: "I cannot remember my mother only when from my bedroom window I send my eyes into the blue of the distant sky ,"
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Meaning: Once more the poet says he cannot recall his mother . But when he looks out of his bedroom window and stares far into the blue sky , something happens.
Lines 4-5: "I feel that the stillness of my mother's gaze on my face"
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Meaning: He feels the calm, quiet look that his mother used to give him - the gentle way she looked at his face.
Line 6: "has spread all over the sky."
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Meaning: He feels that his mother’s calm gaze has spread across the whole sky - as if she is watching over him from everywhere.
"I cannot remember my mother only when from my bedroom window I send my eyes into the blue of the distant sky,"
(The poet cannot recall his mother, but he looks far into the blue sky from his window.)
"I feel that the stillness of my mother's gaze on my face"
(He feels the calm, quiet look his mother used to give him.)
"has spread all over the sky."
(That calm gaze seems to have spread across the whole sky.)
Overall meaning: In this stanza, the poet remembers his mother through sight . Looking at the wide, calm blue sky, he feels his mother’s quiet, loving gaze spread all over it - as if she is watching over him from everywhere. Her love feels endless, like the sky itself .
