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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OLD MEN ADMIRING THEMSELVES IN THE WATER, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I heard the old, old men say Last Line: Like the waters.' Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Imagination; Time; Vision; Fancy | |||
I heard the old, old men say, 'Everything alters, And one by one we drop away.' They had hands like claws, and their knees Were twisted like the old thorn trees By the waters. I heard the old, old men say, 'All that's beautiful drifts away Like the waters.' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE IMAGINED COPPERHEAD by ANDREW HUDGINS A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL IMAGINARY TROUBLE by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV ON THE MEETING OF GARCIA LORCA AND HART CRANE by PHILIP LEVINE SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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