What is the main theme of the poem 'Grandmother"?

The main idea of the poem, "Grandmother" by Ray Young Bear, an American poet, is love and reminiscence. The poem introduces the theme of love dipped in reverence for speaker's grandmother. At the same time he has the feeling of loss towards his grandmother as he hypothesizes the shape, voice, hands of his dead grandmother. To be precise, the poem is about the love and reminiscence of the speaker towards his dead grandmother whom he finds all-loving and...

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

The speaker gives a loving, caring and inspiring impression of his grandmother in the poem, 'Grandmother". The poet transmits the loving and caring impression by describing her shape. If the poet didn't love his grandmother he wouldn't know her quickly from a distance. He would even forget the type of scarf she puts on and the bag she carries. Moreover, he wouldn't even remember her words even after she passed away. Similarly, the warm and damp...

Why is there grammatical distortion in the poem'Grandmother'?

As this American-Indian poet has written this poem as protest literature he didn’t think that the standard of grammar would be in top priority than that of his emotions he had to express. There can be some grammatical distortion which can be pointed out. 

         First letter of any word in any sentences must be capitalized. But, the poem fails to use this formula and the pronoun 'I’ and also the first letter of word after the full stop has not been...