The Attitudes of the Poets in Warning and Old man Both poems represent a picture of old age. Jenny Joseph's view of what she imagines life will be like, and her expectations, where-as U A Fanthorpe's observation of old age, is of her father, and is written from her own experience. Jenny Joseph sees old age as a positive experience. She seems to believe she will be free from responsibility. "I shall go out in my slippers in the rain." She suggests these are the things she would enjoy to do now, but if she were to actually do these now, people would disapprove of her actions. She assumes that when she gets old, others will accept childish actions. Jenny Joseph does not see herself unable to do anything that she can do at the moment. Her picture of old age is one of being active. "Sit down on the pavement when I'm tired." She sees this as being a childish act, as she would not consider sitting on the pavement now. She does not think about the restrictions that old age bring. In "Old man, old man" Fanthorpe presents a picture of her fathers old age. He is unable to do many things he once could do. "Now his hands shamble among clues" =================================== Fanthorpe's father could once do these things for himself but now he needs the help off the other people. Fanthorpe raises issues that are negative towards old age, and how old people are like children, the way they become dependant on others. Most of the behaviour described in both poems is childish. Jenny Joseph seems to see age as a second childhood. "Pick the flowers in other peoples gardens" She sees this an act that children can get away with, she also sees this as a step into a new freedom, where as Fanthorpe... ... middle of paper ... ...cking her father, at his expense, someone suggesting another to be the 'lord' of something is of high status, and so it is funny as it is only a shed. There is also a sense of sadness to the poem, as she recounts of her father not being good with her when she was young. "Not good with daughters" I believe that the motive for this is because of his interest's in D.I.Y rather than the more necessary and essential things in life. Fanthorpes father has seemed to lose all-important aspects of his character, even the aspects that were dislikeable about his personality. He has begun to be dependent on other people, and is unaware of what is happening. I think both poems represent humour and compassion. Jenny Joseph represents the bright and optimistic observation's of old age, where-as Fanthorpe raises depressing and discouraging vision's of old age.
as told from the point of view of a friend serving as pall bearer. The poem
which is perhaps what the girl in the poem was lacking as a child and
This poem describes grief in a very simple and comprehensive way, showing a very simple form of grief observed by the author. Similarly, in the poem “Dancing in the Evening Sun” the author describes a joyous time in her past when her father would dance with her and her mother. She describes her happiness and laughter while dancing with her father, then transitions to the present and describes her loneliness. “Or now /. I'm alone /.
loved one. In the poem, the main character seems to truly have sadness towards the death of the
main theme of the poem and is shown as a very grave matter that is not
As in all three of my focused poems, there has been a sad mood. I
The poem becomes personal on line 10 when she uses the first person and says “I lost my mother’s watch”. She is letting the reader know what she has lost in reality. Then she gets sidetracked to mention other things she has lost; she then mentions other things she has lost of much more importance such as houses, continents, realms, and cities, but then again mentions it was not so hard to lose those things. But in the end, mention the loss that really matters. She remembers the qualities of the lover she lost.
For the most part of the poem she states how she believes that it is Gods calling, [Then ta’en away unto eternity] but in other parts of the poem she eludes to the fact that she feels more like her granddaughter was stolen from her [or sigh thy days so soon were terminate]. One of the main beliefs in these times was that when someone died it was their time; God needed them and had a better plan. Both poets found peace in the idea that God had the children now and it was part of the plan, but are also deeply saddened and used poetry as a coping mechanism.
She convinces herself that it’s time to move on, saying, “ I’d rather be on my own.” She realizes that being on her own is better than constantly being hurt by this person. As the poem continues the speaker comes to realization that her past love affair is over, saying, “I know it’s all over between us” (line 24). But,even though she feels that their relationship is over she still sits, “ reading a newspaper, not understanding a word” (lines 26-27). She doesn’t understand anything that she is reading because she feels overwhelmed with the thoughts and heartaches of her
When it comes to dealing with grief there are very distinct gender roles. In a marriage or a relationship there is always the so-called strong one who never shows any emotion, which is usually the male. Then there is what people call the drama queen, who often lets her emotions control her entire life; more than likely this describes the woman in the relationship. In this poem, “Home Burial”, Amy and her husband fit these gender roles perfectly. They argue about the way grief should be express and fail to see it from the other’s point of view.
Another thing to conclude her poem would be that she uses rhyme to make the strong words stand out. Such as “Shame”, “Pain”, “Eyes”, and “Rise.” etc. The poet uses rhyme words to make the meaningful words stand out and prove her message. Shame would be a good word to Rhyme with Pain because people try to shame her culture and say lies that may be painful to her or people in her culture because they are not true at all. Another is Eyes and Rise, which brings tears to her eyes but she will not let them be seen because she is strong and no matter what she will rise and stand tall with pride from her
In the last lines of the poem the woman attempts to reassure the child that she loved it with all her heart.
Another interesting element usually missing from her poems about death is the lack of family and friends depicted in the poem. Usually what makes a person melancholic
Here in this poem she has turned into the casualty of injustice and feels the encumbrance of commitment and consistency.
A shadow of despair and disappointment is dominant in all of her collections and it becomes more in her last poems. In a way that she calls herself an addict to the disappointment. She experiences not only the individual disappointment but also the social one.