When You Are Old
What theme did we choose to focus on in our seminar?
Unrequited Love
Who was the actress that the poem is said to be about?
Maud Gonne
Name one of the figurative language devices used in Sara's analysis.
Metaphors and Personification
What two tones did Meghan analyze?
Jealous and Manipulative
Who wrote When You Are Old?
William Butler Yeats
Where did Yeats live his whole life?
Dublin, Ireland
Which line uses the literary device of personification?
"Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled" (10)
"And loved the sorrows of your changing face" (8)
"Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled" (10)
What significant word is heavily repeated in the second stanza?
"loved"
When was the poem written?
1893
How many times did Yeats propose to Gonne?
5 times total
What caused the 'death' of their love?
Rejection
What cacophonous sound was alliterated in line 9? (a letter)
"b"
Finish the line: "And loved your beauty with love false or _ _ _ _" (6)
true
When were arranged marriages outlawed? (year)
1950
What happens to their love in the poem? (last stanza)
What tone do the tone shifts between lines 9 and 10 create?
Manipulative tone
What is the definition of the word "pilgrim" found in the poem?
A person who journeys
What did 'Ireland's Family Law' (1800's) state?
Married women were legal property to their husbands
What do the stars represent in the poem?
Love from a distance
What line uses directive diction?
"Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled" (10)