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OLD MAN by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN AN OLD MAN WALKS WITH LOWERED HEAD
Last Line: FRAIL BRIDGES TO INFINITY.
Subject(s): DEATH; OLD AGE; DEAD, THE;

WHEN an old man walks with lowered head
And eyes that do not seem to see,
I wonder does he ponder on
The worm he was or is to be.

Or has he turned his gaze within,
Lost to his own vicinity;
Erecting in a doubtful dream
Frail bridges to Infinity.



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