Question

‘Growing old gracefully’ is an expression used in the poem. Discuss with your partner whether what the grandma was doing was graceful or otherwise.

Answer 1

Grandma thinks that she was living gracefully from childhood to old age. Up to that age, she leads a graceful life. But in the opinion of the others, she should live a graceful life like other grandmother’* and not go and climb up the trees at her age.