My Grandmothers Houses Notes What is the poem about?

The poem describes different houses that her grandmother lives in or or!s in" The narrator seems to have a positive relationship ith her grandmother and fond memories" The poem ma!es some references to social class and several references to death or ords associated ith this suggest perhaps the grandmother has no passed a ay" Ho does the narrator feel? #n most of the poem the narrator describes very positive recollections of her grandmothers homes and her life" $he begins by reminiscing about a tenement house here she describes all of the fascinating ob%ects" $he then goes on to humorously describe her grans reaction to moving to a ne high rise building" The section to ards the end of the poem sho s that the grandmother as very hard or!ing& still cleaning a large house hen she as '( and also ma!ing sure the narrator has good manners and standards of behaviour" What are some important phrases)techni*ues and hy are they successful?
From her front room window you see the cemetery. This early reference to the cemetery provides a hint)clue that perhaps her grandmother has died hen lin!ed to various other references later in the poem" Her bedroom is my favourite: newspapers dating back to the War The ord choice of +favourite suggests the narrator en%oys visiting her gran and loo!ing at all of the interesting items she has" I spend hours unwrapping and wrapping end ess tab ec oths! napkins! perfume! bath sa ts! stories of things I can"t understand , The use of the ord +hours sho s ho much the narrator as interested and intrigued by the items" The -#$T sho s ho many things there ere and ith +endless it also supports the idea that there ere very many items of interest" When she gets the etter she is hopping mad , This humorous metaphor ma!es us picture her gran %umping up and do n ith anger at the ne s she is moving to a ne high rise flat" Here is home , .lliteration , phrase emphasises ho much she as attached to her tenement flat" #he sideboard so id as a coffin , This simile ma!es hints that perhaps the gran felt she ould live in her tenement flat until she died , lin!s to mention of cemetery earlier" $he makes end ess pots of vegetab e soup! a big bit of hoch f oating inside ike a fish , The gran settles into her high rise flat by ma!ing comforting food" The simile of the meat bone /hoch0 compared to a fish is successful" fina y she gets to ike the hot running water in her own bathroom! the wa %to%wa foam%backed carpet , The gran has changed her mind and no li!es the high rise flat" even at &' she c eans peop e"s houses , $ho s the narrators admiration for her gran ho still or!s despite her age" ( f ock of women in coats and fussy hats! f apping over me ike missionaries , This metaphor creates a successful image comparing her grans church friends to birds , floc! 1 flapping" The reference to missionaries suggests a religious lin! as if they ere helping the narrator" unti the ne)t time *od grabs me in * asgow with *ran. , . successful e2ample of alliteration" #s this +ne2t time God grabs me hen the narrator attends her grans funeral?

#he ha is huge , alliteration , emphasises the large& e2pensive cleaning house" +ooms ead off ike an octopus"s arms , $imile , a successful image sho ing a large number of rooms , about eight spreading through the house" a grand piano! top open a one%winged creature , metaphor , creates an image of a mysterious beast or animal that the narrator , as a child , is fascinated by" my gran po ishes for hours , emphasises her hard or!" I to d you don"t touch anything Hope she"s not being any bother ,verytime I crouch over a comic she s aps me. $it up straight. These three phrases emphasise the grans desire to teach the narrator good manners and behaviour" $he is on the ground f oor of a high rise. From her iving%room you see ambu ances! screaming their way to the +oya Infirmary. The closing section of the poem has a sad& sombre tone perhaps suggesting the grandmother has died" The reference to +ground floor may suggest that she has been ta!en do n for the +ambulances hich are mentioned" The ord choice of +screaming suggests upset and pain"