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Climbing My Grandfather -
Andrew Waterhouse
- "free"
- This adds danger and excitement
- This adds danger and excitement
- "I change direction"
- He has run into difficulty and is
taking a different approach
- He has run into difficulty and is
taking a different approach
- "like warm ice"
(oxymoron/simile)
- Child-like
- His grandfather isn't cold
like ice is
- Child-like
- "I discover"
- He is making progress in
getting to know him
- He is making progress in
getting to know him
- "ridge of a scar"
- The scar is part of the grandfather and
is something to be explored
- The scar is part of the grandfather and
is something to be explored
- "Refreshed"
- The narrator feels better for
talking to him
- The narrator feels better for
talking to him
- "soft and white at his altitude"
- The grandfather's white hair is compared
to the snow on a mountain top
- The grandfather's white hair is compared
to the snow on a mountain top
- "pupil"
(double
meaning)
- 1) His eye
- 2) He is a pupil of getting to
know his grandfather
- 1) His eye
- "the slow pulse of his good heart"
(simple monosyllabic line)
- Grandfather's steady and warm for
love for his grandson
- Slows the pace of the poem, imitating
the grandfather's heartbeat
- Grandfather's steady and warm for
love for his grandson
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