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Theappreciationof“WhenYouAreOld”
Thispoemchoosesfromthepoetry"rose"ofYeats,whichiswrittenin1893,itisoneoftherepresentativeearlyworksofYeats,addressestohisheartgoddess,whoisalsothemostimportantwomaninhislife.
“Whenyouareoldandgrayandfullofsleep,andnoddingbythefire”,thepoetstartswithapencillikepaintingapicturewhichinterlacestheshadowwithlight,novividcolor,atmosphericbackgroundandlingeringcharacters’move,onlyaquietlifefabricofoldage.Althoughatthistime,Yeatswasonly29,hisloverwasonly27yearsold,butthe"whitehead","Sleepgiddy","snoozingbythefire",asimpleimage,butlettimerapidlymoveforthtothefutureofher.Atthattime,shelostthecharmingappearance,lostfreshyouth;maybethereaderscan'thelpasking:whatkindofemotionisthepoetforheratthattime.“Takedownthisbook,andslowlyread,anddreamofthesoftlook;youreyeshadonce,andoftheirshadowsdeep”,very
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fewwords,thepoetleadherexperiencehisdeepfeelingslowly.Letanoldwomantolookbackmayseemtobecruelandthegapbetweenofthecontrastwilldiffuseintheheart.Andinthisgap,thepoetgraduallyrecognizesthefirmlove,whichlikesanunexpectedgift,asurprise.Asifthegentlestreamarestartingtoflowfromtheicebergandmeltingslowlyoutofit,withthehugesource,whichisalongprocess.
Theconceptionoftheoriginalwholepoeminthefirststanzadescribesthatanoldwomanlooksbacktoherlovewhenshewasyoung.Whatislove?Perhapsitisonlytheonewhoisreallyexperiencedthatkindofrealemotioncanhavesincerelyfeelingsofitsappearance.Butnomatterhow,thememoryofloveisthesweetestandmostoftendoeswhenheorsheisoldjustaswhatiswritteninthepoem,beautyisold,
