The poem ”Grandma Ling” Amy Ling uses symbolism, imagery and smaller messages to show the theme Your love for your family only grows stronger the farther away you are. To start off, the theme is shown through using symbolism to show the theme. In the poem “If you can that howl deep another you'll reach china.” Ling uses this quote to represent their new home Pennsylvania is where they live now but their heart and history our in china ware also their family lives. And the hole that is being dug is symbolising the connection they still share in their hearts. Next, Ling uses imagery to show that her love for grandma is growing stronger then it was when they hear farther away. In the poem it states “Before she came into view, I heard her slippered
