When You are Old
Whose pilgrim soul did the speaker in 'When You Are Old' love?
He loved his beloved's pilgrim soul.
What does the speaker in 'When You Are Old' want his beloved to do sitting by the fire?
He wants her to take down 'this book' and read this poem that he has addressed to her
According to the speaker in 'When You Are Old', what did many admire the lady for?
Her 'moments of glad grace' and loved her beauty 'false of true'
nod
move ones head up and down repeatedly
murmur
softly spoken, almost inaudible utterance
the pilgrim soul
the questing soul
Where according to the speaker in 'When You Are Old' did love pace upon?
The mountains overhead (and hid his face in a crowd of stars)
Who according to the speaker in 'When You Are Old' will be 'nodding by the fire'?
The old woman, his beloved.
What does the speaker in 'When You Are Old' suggest to his beloved to dream of?
The soft look that the woman once had and of their deep shadows.
Who according to the speaker in 'When You Are Old' loved the beloved's pilgrim soul?
The speaker himself.
When according to the speaker in 'When You Are Old' will the lady be 'gray and full of sleep'?
When she is old
VOCAB
Yay
In line 2, the work 'book' refers to, a. memories b. book of poems c. an album d. diary
a
The phrase glad grace suggests, a. her physical beauty b. her inner beauty c. her goodness
a
The speaker is addressing a. a young woman he has loved b. an old woman he has met now c. the woman that he has admired in his life
a
'Love fled' connotes, a. death of the man who loved her b. fleeing of her lover to the mountains c. loss endured by her
b
In the poem 'When You Are Old' many loved the lady's a) huge wealth. b) physical beauty. c) pilgrim soul.
b
The speaker in 'When You Are Old' addresses a) a young lady. b) an old lady. c) a little girl.
b
glowing bars
bars of the fire place full of glowing coal
Where according to the speaker in 'When You Are Old' did love hide his face?
Amid a crowd of stars
What did the speaker in 'When You Are Old' love besides the pilgrim soul?
'the sorrows of your changing face'
What does the phrase, 'your changing face' suggest?
It suggest that with time, the beloved woman will lose her beauty and vitality that comes with youth and her appearance will constantly change with time.
What according to the speaker in 'When You Are Old' did love hide amid a crowd of stars?
Love (by first pacing upon the mountains overhead)
Who according to the speaker in 'When You Are Old' fled and hid his face?
Love (the speaker)