Question

What did the father leave behind when he passed on in the poem obituary?

Answer 1

Answer:

The poet says that when his father died he left nothing for the family but problems like dust

on a table of papers, debts, unmarried daughters & a bedwetting grandson

Answer 2

Answer:

When his father died he left an old desk with some newspaper and lot of paper and some list of debts thats need to pay.He also left an infant grandson who named after him and a number of daughters.And he also left an obituary in the newspaper.

Explanation:

• This question has been asked from poem "Obituary" written by A.K.Ramanujan
• This poetry is written in grief as title Obituary means the notice of death.
• This poem speaks about the pain one feel after lossing their parent as how the memory collects.
• The poet has described how he cremated his father and how he throws his bone into river.
• His son(the poet) is searching in most popular papers for that obituary.
• This peom  ends describing about the importance of ritual that he get from his father.