Vitamin-M / I Cannot Remember My Mother

'I Cannot Remember My Mother' is a well-known poem by Rabindranath Tagore. In it a child cannot clearly recall the mother yet feels her presence through small things like a tune, the smell of flowers and the sky, showing how love and memory linger.

The poem's theme is the deep, lasting bond between a child and a mother. Though the speaker cannot remember the mother directly, sensory memories keep her alive, expressing love, longing and the power of memory.

'Vitamin-M' is the prose piece of Unit 4. Rather than relying on a fixed summary, read it closely to identify its central idea, the writer's purpose and the lesson it offers, supporting your answer with details from the text.

Questions usually test comprehension and the central message, the theme of the Tagore poem, the speaker's feelings, imagery and tone, vocabulary in context, and short answers explaining what each text conveys.

Read both texts carefully and note their central ideas. For the poem, focus on the speaker's emotions, imagery and tone; for the prose, identify the main idea and message. Practise writing answers in your own words and revise new vocabulary.

It builds comprehension, identifying theme and main idea, inferring meaning, understanding emotional tone and imagery in poetry, and appreciating how memory and feeling are expressed in literature.