ENG POETRY
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| Who is the poet of the poem? | show 🗑
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| What is the format of The poem? | show 🗑
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| show | – The nature of old age is harsh and empathy
– time is a destructive force
– the cycle of aging is compared to the seasons
– the speaker Anticipates his own decay
– he will appear as pile and dry as the world is in a cold, biting winter
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| show | – The speaker feels troubled as aging is the end of a cycle
– the cycle of aging is compared to moments in a day
– night is compared to death
– as these approaches the tone becomes one of gloom and melancholy
– the speaker feels depressed
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| What is the summary of lines 9–12? | show 🗑
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| What is the summary of lines 13–14? | show 🗑
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| What is the tone of the whole poem? | show 🗑
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| What is the tone of lines 5 and six? | show 🗑
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| What is the tone of lines 11 and 12? | show 🗑
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| What is the tone of lines 13 and 14? | show 🗑
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| What is the symbolism of the tree? | show 🗑
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| What is the symbolism of night and day? | show 🗑
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| What is the symbolism of fire? | show 🗑
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| show | – He has accepted he is loved
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| Explain the theme, AGING? | show 🗑
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| Explain the theme, DEATH? | show 🗑
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| Explain the theme, LOVE? | show 🗑
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| show | The season of autumn (fall)/the beginning of winter
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| show | – Sadness/Milan/resignation
– the speaker sadly realises that he is nearing the end of his life/he is not a permanent/mortal being
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| show | “ Black night” Refers to the speakers Death/end of life
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| Refer to line 8 (Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest) Identify the figure of speech used in this line and explain why the figure of speech is relevant in this line | show 🗑
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| show | – The speakers reference to aging is evident where he refers to autumn
– he is no longer youthful Just like the trees that are losing their leaves in autumn
– His reference to the end of day reinforces the realisation that he is aging
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