1. Who is the woman referred here?

Question

Read the lines from the poem ‘ My Grandmother’s House’ and answer the following questions.

I received love… That woman died, The house withdrew into silence, snakes moved 

Among books, I was then too young To read, and my blood turned cold like the moon. 

How often I think of going 

There, to peer through bind eyes of windows or Just listen to the frozen air 

1. Who is the woman referred here? 

2. Why did the house withdraw into silence? 

3. The expression ‘blind eyes of windows’ is an example of (simile/ metaphor/ personification) 

4. Why does the speaker want to go back to the house?

Answer 1

1. Grandmother. 

2. Because grandma died 

3. Metaphor/ personification 

4. To catch the memories of love.