GrandMother
Unit One : Love And Reminiscence
Grandmother : Ray Young Bear
The Heritage of Words
"Grandmother" written by American- Indian poet Ray Young Bear is a recollection of poet's unfathomable love for his grandmother.
The poet draws the picture of his grandmother ? all loving, all inspiring- through the use of images.
As a grandson, the poet?s heart is very close to his grandmother. This poem presents the poets deep sense of intimacy and closeness
to his grandmother even after her death. He can not forget her. Her images come into his mind as fresh as before. He could recognize
her by all senses except taste. If the poet would see her from a long distance, he could easily recognize her. Her warm and damp hands
with the smell of roots on his head would make him guess that those were her caressing hands. Even the voice coming out of her tombstone
would flow inside him like a light coming from a sleeping fire at night. Her words would inspire him and enlighten his spirit.
critical-summary
In this poem, the poet draws the picture of his grand mother, all loving, inspiring. The poet figure out cultural identity of American Indian
or Misquaki people. In their culture, they provide high owner to their grandmother. The women work in the field. They were typical close; however
their culture is nowadays not pure. The purple scarf and the plastic shopping bag is not their cultural apparition even after grandmother death,
the poet remembers her.
If the poet saw her from a long distance, he would tell that she was his grand mother. There are certain features to know, she would were a purple
scarf and go market with plastic shopping bag. The ?Purple Scarf? and the ?Plastic Shopping Bag? represent our sense of sight. She would come home
back working in the field. She would wash her hands. Her hands were wet and had the smell of roots. Due to the smell of roots he could recognize her
without looking at her. She would work in the field so there was smell. This smell made him recognize her. ?Smelling of roots? represent sense of
smelling. She would touch his head and would care it. He would know it was her hand. ?Touching his head? represent sense of feeling. Some times he
would imagine to have heard Noise from the tombstone voice coming form a rock attracts sense of hearing. The rock is metaphorically the tombstone
of his grandmother from the very sound he would recognize her. Her words coming from the rock would inspire him like the light of some one stirring
ashes from a sleeping fire at night. In this way the poet finds her grandmother all loving all inspiring.
Important Questions :
1. What are the four things that Ray Young Bear remembers about his grandmother?
Ans. The things that Ray Young Bear remembers about his grandmother are her shape, her purple scarf, warm and damp hands and her inspiring voice.
2. What images do you find in this poem written by a member of the Sauk and Fox (Mesquaki) Indian tribe of North America? To what senses do these images appeal?
Ans. The poet has used images to discover two intertwined themes ? recollection of his grandmother at one level and search for identity at another level.
The images like 'purple scarf', 'plastic shopping bag', 'the light' at night ? appeal to our sense of sight. These images also have symbolic link to the Indian
culture. ?Plastic shopping bag? indicates the poverty of Indian tribe. ?The light ?. at night? associates that the spirituality of Indian culture guides him in
the modern corrupt American society. The images like ?smell of root? appeal to our sense of smell. It indicates the work ethic of Indian tribe and his
grandmother. They are near to nature and are good farmers. ?Warm and damp hands? appeal to our sense of touch. It also shows how his grandmother and Indian
tribes work in fields with pleasure and sense of duty. ? A voice? and ?her words? appeal to our sense of hearing. This indicates how the teachings and
philosophy of Indian culture enlightens his spirits. Thus by the use of images, the poet has symbolically linked his grandmother to the lost culture of
Indian tribe.
Question for Practice :
What are the four things that Ray Young Bear remembers about his grandmother?
What is the main idea of the poem?
What impression of grandmother does the speaker give in the poem ?Grandmother??
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Grandmother : Ray Young Bear
The Heritage of Words
"Grandmother" written by American- Indian poet Ray Young Bear is a recollection of poet's unfathomable love for his grandmother.
The poet draws the picture of his grandmother ? all loving, all inspiring- through the use of images.
As a grandson, the poet?s heart is very close to his grandmother. This poem presents the poets deep sense of intimacy and closeness
to his grandmother even after her death. He can not forget her. Her images come into his mind as fresh as before. He could recognize
her by all senses except taste. If the poet would see her from a long distance, he could easily recognize her. Her warm and damp hands
with the smell of roots on his head would make him guess that those were her caressing hands. Even the voice coming out of her tombstone
would flow inside him like a light coming from a sleeping fire at night. Her words would inspire him and enlighten his spirit.
critical-summary
In this poem, the poet draws the picture of his grand mother, all loving, inspiring. The poet figure out cultural identity of American Indian
or Misquaki people. In their culture, they provide high owner to their grandmother. The women work in the field. They were typical close; however
their culture is nowadays not pure. The purple scarf and the plastic shopping bag is not their cultural apparition even after grandmother death,
the poet remembers her.
If the poet saw her from a long distance, he would tell that she was his grand mother. There are certain features to know, she would were a purple
scarf and go market with plastic shopping bag. The ?Purple Scarf? and the ?Plastic Shopping Bag? represent our sense of sight. She would come home
back working in the field. She would wash her hands. Her hands were wet and had the smell of roots. Due to the smell of roots he could recognize her
without looking at her. She would work in the field so there was smell. This smell made him recognize her. ?Smelling of roots? represent sense of
smelling. She would touch his head and would care it. He would know it was her hand. ?Touching his head? represent sense of feeling. Some times he
would imagine to have heard Noise from the tombstone voice coming form a rock attracts sense of hearing. The rock is metaphorically the tombstone
of his grandmother from the very sound he would recognize her. Her words coming from the rock would inspire him like the light of some one stirring
ashes from a sleeping fire at night. In this way the poet finds her grandmother all loving all inspiring.
Important Questions :
1. What are the four things that Ray Young Bear remembers about his grandmother?
Ans. The things that Ray Young Bear remembers about his grandmother are her shape, her purple scarf, warm and damp hands and her inspiring voice.
2. What images do you find in this poem written by a member of the Sauk and Fox (Mesquaki) Indian tribe of North America? To what senses do these images appeal?
Ans. The poet has used images to discover two intertwined themes ? recollection of his grandmother at one level and search for identity at another level.
The images like 'purple scarf', 'plastic shopping bag', 'the light' at night ? appeal to our sense of sight. These images also have symbolic link to the Indian
culture. ?Plastic shopping bag? indicates the poverty of Indian tribe. ?The light ?. at night? associates that the spirituality of Indian culture guides him in
the modern corrupt American society. The images like ?smell of root? appeal to our sense of smell. It indicates the work ethic of Indian tribe and his
grandmother. They are near to nature and are good farmers. ?Warm and damp hands? appeal to our sense of touch. It also shows how his grandmother and Indian
tribes work in fields with pleasure and sense of duty. ? A voice? and ?her words? appeal to our sense of hearing. This indicates how the teachings and
philosophy of Indian culture enlightens his spirits. Thus by the use of images, the poet has symbolically linked his grandmother to the lost culture of
Indian tribe.
Question for Practice :
What are the four things that Ray Young Bear remembers about his grandmother?
What is the main idea of the poem?
What impression of grandmother does the speaker give in the poem ?Grandmother??
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