think of all the images that came to your mind while reading the poem, When you are old. write a note on the imagery used in the poem. " when you are old " by WB yeats
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Analysis of Poetic Devices in “When You Are Old”
Poetic and literary devices are the same, but a few are used only in poetry. Here is the analysis of some of the poetic devices used in this poem.
Stanza: A stanza is a poetic form of some lines. There are three stanzas in this poem with each comprising of four lines.
Quatrain: A quatrain is a four-lined stanza borrowed from Persian poetry. Here, each stanza is quatrain as the first one and the second one.
Rhyme Scheme: The poem follows the ABBA rhyme scheme in all the stanzas.
End Rhyme: End rhyme is used to make the poem melodious. The poet has used end rhyme in this poem such as in the first stanza the rhyming words are, “sleep”, “deep”, “book”, “look.”
Iambic Pentameter: It is a type of meter consisting of five iambs. This poem comprises iambic For Example, “When you are old and grey and full of sleep.”
Quotes to be Used
The lines stated below can be used in a conversation when talking about the destructive nature of time and aging how ruination and decay is the part of aging. These could also be used in a speech when talking about the transience of life
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While reading the poem " When You Are Old " , the imagery used in the start is how the poet's love, Maud Gonne had become old, weak and remebers her past life when she was beautiful everyone loved her moments of glad grace and how she lost the poet's true love. All the imagery was relevant to how The poet's true love which was not realised until it was gone.
Explanation:
when you see the pictures and images in the poem it shows how the old grey woman's memory goes back to the past of her youth, when she rejected the poet's love. She remembers all this when the poet has gone far away from her. She regrets her decision on rejecting the poets love.