 Studying climbing my grandfather by Andrew Waterhouse. Here's how you can analyze this poem. In terms of structure, this poem is one stanza of 27 lines. The poem opens with this alliteration and says zero, setting up the speaker as a climber and the grandfather as a mountain. He uses the words old, dusty and cracked, which belong to the semantic field of age, to emphasize how old his grandfather is. These words belong to the extended metaphor of mountain climbing. He's using this metaphor as a way of getting to know his grandfather. These words, which belong to the semantic field of body parts, show the tough life his grandfather led. Yet even if he had a tough life, this simply shows that his grandfather is still a soft person at heart. The Anjomwant here, as well as the Cesiro here, shows how he sees his grandfather as someone who he can lean on. The Ascendant here shows how curious the speaker is to get to know his grandfather. He reaches a summit and this is a metaphor for reaching the top of his head. He feels like this journey has taught him a lot about his grandfather.