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Analyzing The Poem 'Say Cheese'

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Reading, your poem “Say Cheese, it is clear that there is a memory that you are trying to remember but it was also confusing throughout the poem. It is unclear as to who dies in the poem because in the first stanza, “Grandma bent over the bed holding the hand of a memory,” as if the grandma is over the bed which in my opinion means that she is not dying. But in the last stanza, “Showed me the reason, Mommie told me to love Grandpa while he still knew me,” it seems to me that the grandfather is the one dying at the end. The real question is who is dying? The grandma or the grandfather? You need to make it clear to your readers as to what is going on throughout the poem. However, it is clear that the main character is going through a tough time
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