“When You Are Old” is my favorite poem; always has been. I would read it from time to time and copy it by longhand, especially when I find myself mixed up with feelings I dare not say, cannot express, or am unwilling to admit. This poem has been translated into Chinese by so ...
“When You Are Old” is about Maud Gonne, an Irish nationalist who William Butler Yeats was infatuated with and his unrequited love for her. In the poem, Maud Gonne is reflecting on past loves and relationships. She realizes that Yeats was her only companion who loved her unconditionally. ...
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But o...
“When You Are Old” is my favorite poem; always has been. I would read it from time to time and copy it by longhand, especially when I find myself mixed up with feelings I dare not say, cannot express, or am unwilling to admit. This poem has been translated into Chinese by so ...
An Interpretation of 'When You Are Old' 'When You Are Old' is directed toward one young person, presumably a woman if read in the light of Yeats' biographical details (though a reader could apply the sentiments expressed in the poem to a man). I have made an assumption that Maud ...
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES When You Are Old (1) / जब आप बूढ़े होंगे (Hindi)(en) I would like to translate this poem Next Poem 391 / 399 Previous Poem William Butler Yeats County Dublin / Ireland...
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"When You Are Old": The poem's twelve lines of ten syllables each are grouped into three quatrains whose respective rhyme schemes are: ABBA, CDDC, EFFE. Several themes can be identified in the poem. A poem'sthemeis its predominant idea, message, or meaning. Usually, themes are unstated...
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aOne of the more remarkable aspects of Yeats’s poem, “When You Are Old,” is how the poet is present throughout the verses without actually appearing in them. Another interesting aspect is how, through the use of punctuation and alliteration, Yeats slows down the tempo of the iambic ...