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Appreciation of When You Are Old

By inin 2019-11-26 232次浏览

The poem is directed toward one young person, presumably a woman if read in the light of Yeat's biographical details.(Though a reader could apply the sentiments expressed in the poem to a man). I have made an assumption that Maud Gonne is the person about whom Yeats wrote, as she was his muse.

 

The speaker in the poem talks about a current situation but also predicts the future.

 

The theme of When You Are Old is unrequited love. The words are fundamentally a sad and final declaration of love by someone who appears to have lost hope that his devotion will ever be reciprocated

 

The voice is intensely personal, addressed to someone with whom he is closely familiar. The love of the 'voice' in the poem is true and intense. We do not know for certain who the 'voice' is. A writer may assume any voice that s/he chooses; but given the history of Yeats and Maude Gonne, we can assume that the voice is Yeats speaking about his personal experiences.

 

In summary, the poem seems to be both a warning about the future and an appeal to the beloved to reconsider, to see that without him old age will be bleak and full of regret.

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