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What is the theme of poem my childhood house by dilip chitre?

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Summary and quotes about poetry 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.