What is the main feeling of speaker in the poem 'warning'?
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Standing opposed to conformity seems to be the overarching theme of this Joseph poem. Since turning eighteen only a couple of weeks ago, the idea of being considered an adult in society both exciting and terrifying at the same time. I can’t deny that becoming an old woman also serves to strike me with a cord of dread in most ways, but reading this poem for some reason made me think of age in a completely new light and that nonconformity to the bleak traditions of age is a positive and thrilling prospect. Joseph champions the idea that eccentricity in old age is becoming and that she looks forward to when her time comes. ‘Warning’ – although ostensibly an ominous title – is really rather humorous, as it is simply preparing the reader for what they may become in the winter of their lives and how this is a thing to celebrate.