Question

What important fact about grandfather do the first three lines of the poem coney?

Answer 1

The chair is atop a rug belonging, at least in part, to the speaker, as it is referred to as "our rug" which the grandfather's chair is settling into "the stones" by the sea. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, the grandfather is revealed to be blind, which helps to explain why "his face takes sunlight like thirst."