Interpretation of a poetic verse
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Could anyone tell me what the second verse of this extract might mean please ? Thanks
His old shadow crept in
My visage declined into his
We blackened the new morn
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Hi It's good to give the poet's name when you quote. I'm not sure if this is Shelley or Keats or Yeats or Auden or Elliot. The context makes a difference I understand it to mean that, when we are young, we see ourselves as fresh and new.
- Hi It's good to give the poet's name when you quote.
- I'm not sure if this is Shelley or Keats or Yeats or Auden or Elliot.
- The context makes a difference I understand it to mean that, when we are young, we see ourselves as fresh and new.
- But, as we get older, we start to look like our parents.
- With respect to my father - or even my grandfather - my visage declined into his: I feel as if I look like him.
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It's good to give the poet's name when you quote. I'm not sure if this is Shelley or Keats or Yeats or Auden or Elliot. The context makes a difference
I understand it to mean that, when we are young, we see ourselves as fresh and new. But, as we get older, we start to look like our parents. With respect to my father - or even my grandfather - my visage declined into his: I fe
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