A2. Answer these questions with reference to the
1. How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face...
a. How can we say that the person being addressed was once beautiful?
b. Who was the 'one man' the poet is talking about?
C. Explain the phrase, 'the pilgrim soul in you'.
Answers
Answer:"When You Are Old" is a poem by the Irish poet William Butler Yeats. In the poem, which is published in Yeats's second collection, The Rose (1893), the speaker asks someone to think ahead to old age, strongly suggesting that the addressee will eventually regret being unwilling to return the speaker's love. Most critics agree that the poem is about Yeats's relationship with Maud Gonne, an Irish actress and nationalist. Though the poem is one of the best-loved of Yeats's works, many people don't realize that it is based on a much earlier sonnet by Pierre de Ronsard, a 16th century French Renaissance poet.
Explanation:
Answer:
we can see that the person in address was once beautiful since the line said how many loved your movements of glad Grace which clearly says people like her a lot
one my man the poet was talking about the poet himself