My Grand Mother’s House: Summary
The poetess says that she lived with her grandmother in the same house during her childhood. The house belonged to her grandmother.
She got love from her grandmother in that house. Everything was very good around the house. But, when her grandmother died and the speaker began to live in another place. And the condition of the house becomes very bad.
Everything was changed. But, still, she feels pride, because she got love very much in this house. The poetess says that his grandmother’s death shocked her and she felt as if her blood became cold as the moon.
Thus, in this poem, the poetess wants to tell how she lived with her grandmother in the house, where she was too young.
Objectives
- D. H. Lawrence
- Kamala Das
- Keki N. Daruwala
- John Donne
Answer:- Kamala Das
- Indian
- American
- African
- Nigerian
- mother
- father
- grandfather
- grandmother
- family’s
- friend’s
- enemy’s
- stranger’s
- My Grand Mother’s House
- Song of Myself
- Ode to Autumn
- None of these
- Mahadevi Verma
- Kamala Das
- Indira Gandhi
- None of these
- Ode to Autumn
- Fire Hymn
- My Grand Mother’s House
- None of these
- cat
- cow
- ox
- dog
- Snake
- My Grand Mother’s House
- Ode to Autumn
- Song of Myself
10. Kamala Das was born on ……………
- April 31, 1933
- April 31, 1934
- April 31, 1943
- April 31, 1984
Answer:- April 31, 1934
Snake – D. H. Lawrence
11. What moved freely in the silent house?
- Lizards
- Snakes
- Cockroaches
- Dogs
Answer:- Snakes
12. Kamala Das, poet and short-story writer have earned a respectable place in both English and ………….
- Hindi
- Telugu
- Malayalam
- Urdu
Answer:- Malayalam
13. Autobiography of Kamla Das was published in …………….
- 1976
- 1966
- 1986
- 1996
Answer:- 1976
14. Which figure of speech has been used in ‘My Grandmother’s House’?
- metaphor
- personification
- epic simile
- simile
Answer:- simile
15. When did the speaker of ‘My Grandmother’s House’ live with her grandmother?
- during her childhood
- during her adolescence
- during her youth
- None of these
Answer:- during her childhood
16. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is ……………
- a sonnet
- anode
- a ballad
- a lyric
Answer:- a lyric
17. ‘My Grandmother’s House’ published in …………..
- ‘Descendants’
- ‘Summer in Calcutta’
- The Old Playhouse and Other Poems
- None of these
Answer:- ‘Summer in Calcutta’
18. The poetess in ‘The Grand Mother’s House’ begs at …. doors.[2018]
- friend’s
- family’s
- stranger’s
- enemy’s
Answer:- stranger’s
19. ‘Behind my bedroom’s door like a brooding’ is written by ……………
- Rupert Brooke
- Kamala Das
- Keki N. Daruwalla
- T.S. Eliot
Answer:- Kamala Das
Subjective
1. What feelings did the poetess have after her grandmother’s death?
Ans:- As a young child, the poetess, Kamala Das enjoyed her children in her grandmother’s house. But after the death of her grandmother whom she deeply loved, she was completely lost and felt quite lonely and depressed.
2. Who showered love and affection on the poetess?
Ans:- It was her grandmother who showered love and affection on the poetess when she was a child.
3. What happened to the house after her grandmother died?
Ans:- The ‘House withdrew’ after her death. The house was so stunned by her death that it no longer wanted to stay there and in course of time, it got deserted.
4. Has anyone filled her heart with love?
Ans:- No, her heart has not been filled with love by anybody.
5. What were the things the poetess found in that house?
Ans:- The poet was very young at that time. There were a large number of books in the house, which seemed to be repulsive and horrible like snakes.
6. What happened to the House after her grandmother died?
Ans:- The House was deserted after her grandmother died. No one lived there.
7. What does she want from ‘strangers’ I Does she get it?
Ans:- She yearns for love and legs it even from strangers but fails to get it. She is hungry for love. Unfortunately, nobody fills her heart with life-nourishing emotion of love.
8. Is the speaker satisfied with her present life? If not, why?
Ans:- The speaker is not satisfied with her present life. She is hungry for love. Nobody can fill her with selfless and pure love. The world is rife with corruption, deceit, and pollution of every sort.
9. Which has been called horrible and repulsive like snakes?
Ans:- A large number of books that she found in her grandmother’s house have been called horrible and repulsive like snakes.
10. What kind of music does she want to hear sitting at the window of her grandmother’s house?
Explanation
1. “The woman died ………….. The house withdrew into silence.”
>>> These lines have been penned by a famous Indo-Anglian poetess, Kamala Das. Who is talking about her grandmother’s house where she received lots of love that she misses today as a young married lady.
To see the horrible conditions of that house now she feels shocked and cool like the moon. The poet is nostalgic about her grandmother’s house.
2. “There is a house now far away from where once
I received love. Women died,
The house drew into Silence.”