Autobiographical elements of the poem the house of my childhood by Dilip Chitre
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In the poem The House of My Childhood, the poet Dilip Chitre narrates how the house on the hilltop where he lived during his childhood changed following the demise of his grandmother.
The house remained empty and forsaken with all the furniture removed. The only things of the past that continued to remain there were the brass statues of her deities and a grinding stone. The poet quotes
“The house of my childhood stood empty
On a grey hill
All its furniture gone”
All that remained were a grinding stone and the brass statues of Gods that she worshipped. He could not but wonder how the bird cries had stopped. The poet recalled how he used to listen to their chirping as a child when the house was full of life.
As he continued to look at the house, the poet felt his grandmother’s voice coming from the branch of a tree. Although the house was now deserted, the poet could not resist the urge to go around it and expore all the rooms. His attachment for the house can be seen by the way he says
“I toddle around the empty house
Spring and summer are both gone
Leaving an elderly infant
To explore the rooms of age”
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Explanation:
The way he describes a house of his past and compare his current and past situation clearly depicts that it's type of autobiography of the poet.He himself tells his readers how the house was used to be when they were living in it with his grandmother and how that past was full of enjoy. Autobiography remains the primary thing in the poem from start to end.
He describes it in a beautiful manner .
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