Imagine coming across your grandmother's old love letters, which show that she was once young, or playing the piano with her, or to go so far as to explain something that he almost immediately rejects. This is, at least to some extent, the scenario that Hart Crane portrays in his poem “Love Letters from My Grandmother.” He uses various poetic techniques to show numerous ideas, one of which is that the gap between generations is so large that it is difficult to connect across centuries. One of the techniques Hart Crane uses is imagination to show how delicate and unnerving the situation is. with the speaker's grandmother it seems to be. The first example, which is part of the title, are his love letters. When they are first brought to attention, the speaker describes them as "...brown and soft/And liable to melt like snow" this shows that they have been forgotten and have aged quite a bit over the years (10- 11) . Details can be used to represent how fragile the situation may be. The second line, which shows rather than tells and helps to dramatize the subtlety of the setting, is about halfway through the poem. The phrase “Everything hangs on an invisible gray hair” shows the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter, as it seems so subtle that it almost doesn't exist (13). As stated earlier, it also shows the delicacy of the situation that unfolds in the poem, as the hair is easy to destroy just like the bond they seem to share. The line that follows the example also uses imagery to help convey the mood of the poem. Crane uses the phrase “He trembles like birch branches straining the air” to help imagine in his mind the nervous, restless energy that seems to be attached to the situation (14). As a reader, there are other interpretations......middle of the paper......And so I stumble. And the rain continues on the roof/With such a sound of sweetly pitiful laughter” that only releases a feeling of resignation and humiliation (24-25). Obviously, the granddaughter was flustered and perhaps overwhelmed by what needed to be said and hated her for ignoring what was said and she just calmly laughed, pitying her loved one, and the world moved on. The last stanza uses an end rhyme between the first two lines to make the thought stand out better while briefly summarizing what appears to be the purpose of the poem. Imagine feeling defeated, the bond between grandmother and granddaughter broken by an unwillingness to listen, and the heartbreak that follows. This is what Hart Crane did so well in the poem "Love Letters from My Grandmother", using simplistic words to convey a much deeper and more complex meaning that many can relate to..