In ‘My Grandmother’s Houses,’ Jackie Kay uses different settings to describe her grandmother’s personality and give an insight into her childhood experiences.
In this poem the narrator describes different houses she associates with her grandmother.
Kay gives us insight into her grandmother’s personality and life style through the eyes of her younger self, as well as reflecting from an adult perspective on her childhood.
This gives details of her grandmother, but also of the world Kay grew up in, with its elements of class division and condescending authority. It is clear that Kay had a close connection with her grandmother.