Grandmother Important Questions Answers Class 12

Q) What are the four things that Ray young bear remembers about his grandmother?

Ray Young Bear, an American Indian poet always remembers his grandmother and draws her picture because she was all loving and all inspiring to him. The four things that the poet remembers about his grandmother are: her purple scarf, her plastic shopping handbag, her warm and damp hands and her voice.

Q) What is the main idea of the poem?

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What is the theme of the poem?

Mainly, the poem is about love and reminiscence towards the poet’s dead grandmother, who was all loving and all inspiring for him. In the poem, the grandmother is an instrument to drive him into his past. By presenting the imaginative presentation of the grandmother, symbolically the poet wants to convey a message that culture, identity, love and knowledge can’t be forgotten if the history of any tribe is lost. More, anyone can be emotionally attached for ever even if one has lost his identity, culture and history.

Q) What impression of grandmother does the speaker give in the poem?

For the poet, his grandmother was the source of love, affection, knowledge, culture, identity, morality, inspiration, etc. So, her impression towards him is unforgettable. Although she is not in this world, her impression controls the senses of the speaker. Symbolically, the grandmother’s impression for him is ever lasting because she would guide and inspire him.