Question

5. Assess ‘My Grandmother’s House’ as a memory poem.

Answer 1

Answer:

My Grandmother's House" is a short poem from Kamala Das which focuses on love lost, nostalgia and emotional pain. Basically, the speaker is looking back to a time as a child when she could enjoy love in a comfortable and contented household.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

The poem, 'My Grandmother's House', first appeared in Kamala Das's first anthology of verse titled Summer Time in Calcutta (1965). It is also an autobiographical poem in which the poet's longing for her parental house in Malabar is movingly described. ... A death-like silence reigns in her grandmother's house. I hope it helps you