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What important facts are shown about grandfather in the following lines of the poem "Grandfather"?
Our grandfather by the sea, blind,
His deck chair settles our rug on the stones
and his face takes sunlight like thirst
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These lines are significant in this poem because they alert us to the fact that he is blind, first of all, and second of all, that his blindness has not kept him from living and enjoying life. ...
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