What does the phase familiar ache mean?
Solution:-
'Familar ache' means a pain that is not alien to us. Here, the poet is referring to the pain of losing her mother to old age. All human beings are familiar with the fear of losing our loved ones to old age. The poet must have thought about this at various points in her life and now that the actual time of losing her mother is coming closer, she is referring to the pain as a familiar ache.
'Familar ache' means a pain that is not alien to us. Here, the poet is referring to the pain of losing her mother to old age. All human beings are familiar with the fear of losing our loved ones to old age. The poet must have thought about this at various points in her life and now that the actual time of losing her mother is coming closer, she is referring to the pain as a familiar ache.