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Explication of Two Lyric Poems Prewrite
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Introduction: The lyric poem "When You Are Old" by the late selected poet Mr. William Butler Yeats is a duodecet. Indeed, this twelve-liner is an allusion to an Italian sonnet from the Renaissance and Mr. Pierre de Ronsard expressed his feelings to his love interest via this fourteen-liner. Similarly, the modern writer poured out his heart to his addressee in three quatrains. Like his inspiration, he used figurative language to contribute to the overall effect of the poem. In particular, he incorporated various kinds of imagery in order to express his heart of hearts and so did the author who went before him in the previous work of art.
Body: In "When You Are (Very) Old", there is perfect rhyme in all of the stanzas. Furthermore, Mr. Yeats included alliteration in the fifth line. In addition, there is symbolism in the second verse and the "fire" represents love just like the "hearth" stands for the same thing in the middle of the sextet of the Petrachan sonnet to which the formal verse from The Industrial Revolution alludes. Moreover, there are metaphors such as the "crowd of stars" in the last line of the final quatrain. In the third line of the octave in the earlier piece, the "verse" is a metaphor and a synonym for the poetry itself.
Another trope in the versification from the late 19th and early 20th centuries involves the "pilgrim soul" in seventh verse. Of course, this comparison refers to the boredom of the character as well as anyone else who can relate to them. In other words, this figure of speech can describe any of us who get bored around our elders. Nonetheless, they have been asking us to reflect on our choices and this is basically what the protagonists had been requesting of their younger loves. They have additionally been advising them to accept their love before they die and this is pretty much what both narrators had implied in all twenty-six lines of the two masterpieces.
Love is the theme of these 26 verses. Agape is also the tone and mood of the creators. They had addressed their lovers in second person in order to encourage all of us to think ahead to old age and to choose wisely before it is too late. This charity is additionally personified in the last stanza of "When You Are Old." Certainly, love is actually a personification of the speaker himself.
Conclusion: In sum, there is a variety of thematic meaning in the two lyrics. There is repetition, such as alliteration and exact rhyme. The phrase "glad grace" in the second quatrain of "When You Are Old" exemplifies this rhetorical device. This Symbolist poem has a rhyme scheme of ABBA, CDDC, and EFFE. Nevertheless, the former verse contains a rhyming pattern of ABAB and CDCD in the octave plus a scheme of EEFGF in the sextet. All in all, the various stylistic devices in each of the poems can help reduce the boredom that we are all tempted to feel due to the continual repetition of life at large.
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