Quick Revision
| Stanza | What happens | Key phrase |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | She is old by the fire, reads his book, dreams of her young eyes | take down this book |
| 2 | Many loved her beauty; one man loved her soul | the pilgrim soul in you |
| 3 | She murmurs sadly that Love has gone | hid his face amid a crowd of stars |
Remember
- Poet: W.B. Yeats (Irish, Nobel 1923, Abbey Theatre).
- Rhyme scheme ABBA in each of three quatrains; 12 lines.
- Love is personified in the last three lines.
- The two reasons he loved her: the pilgrim soul and the sorrows of her changing face.
[Exam Tip] — Do not write that the speaker is an old man meeting an old woman. He is young, and he is asking her to imagine her own old age.