Grandfathers Dreams Poem Analysis

Grandfathers Dreams
Write a paragraph explaining why the poem is called Grandfathers Dreams. Is this an appropriate title?
This poem is called Grandfathers Dreams because the poem talks about how the grandfather was a really good artist and how he took care of his farm and when his grandchildren came to Canada they used his art skills to become what they are now. This is an appropriate title because the whole poem was talking about the grandfather and how his skills were carried on to his grandchildren.

Identify two themes from the poem and show how they are presented in the poem as a whole.
One theme for this poem is migration because this whole poem talked about how they went from their home country to another country to have a better life and what happen in-between (how they suffered). Another theme would be hope because when grandfather’s children came to Canada they suffered a lot but they still had hoped that they would have a good life in the future, and in the end the grandchildren became artists and got other good jobs around the world.

What are two symbols used in the poem?

How effective are they?
One symbol that was used in the poem was the clouds.” His vision held somewhere in the heavens were like clouds”. This was describing how he was looking up in the sky’s to see if there were any rain clouds. Another one is blooded , “ hands now blooded in the factories making”, this was describing how when grandfathers children came to Canada they started out really poor that they spent their lives working in factories just to survive here. These two symbols were really effective because they described a lot about the situation they were

in.

Explain how this poem connects with your experiences (things that have happened to you or to people you know or events you have read about)
This poem connects with my experiences because when my family came to Canada my mom and dad also worked in factories just so I can go to school and work in a stress free environment. And my grandfather back in my home country was also a farmer who was also satisfied with what he had and had children who went to other countries for a better life.

What style is the poem written in. What are some of the dominant stylistic features used by the poem? Are these distracting or do they contribute to the overall meaning of the poem? You may wish to examine form, language and word choices and literary devices.

This poem was written in a free verse, which means it has no flow to it and or it does not rhyme.Some of the dominant stylistic features that were used in Grandfathers Dream are African sculptures which meant to describe how he worked in the farm. Another one is golden mask of ancestor this was meant to describe the grandfather and how his faced looked when he sits on the mountain and takes a break under the sun. And the last one is “when the wind drifted us overseas”, tells us how they got to Canada (boat). These dominant stylistic features contribute to the overall meaning of the poem because it gives us more information on the situation that is there talking about in the poem.