Old Man Asleep

This attempt aims to show how three poems ar similar in somewhat ways moreover yet variant in some circumstances. Two of them are compose by the same poet and so should share some characteristics, which she uses throughout her writing.Elizabeth Jennings wrote experient Man asleep(predicate), which is well-nigh a lonely old man who has no one, but due to his anger and pride seeks companionship but rejects it when offered and because of this he lavatorynot bear to die. Elizabeth Jennings also expresses this looking at of wanting to die in Eighty One Years gaga also. The old woman in this poem wants to be left alone, but she wont be and so the only time she is happy is when she is by herself. admonition by Jenny Joseph is also about old age but it expresses antithetic views, such as the lady in this poem cannot wait to be old so she can love it.A similarity shared by all three of the poems is that they deal with old age. Elizabeth Jennings talks about the house ridden, fin ancial aidless old aged someone, whilst Jenny Joseph talks about the mobile pensioner who roams around.Old Man hypnoid has no rhyming pattern, this is a point shared by Jenny Josephs Warning. Old Man Asleep has a four-stanza structure and this is a similarity, which is shared by the other poems.Old Man Asleep has a morbid sound. It is dark as it talks about death, it provides a bleak image of an old man because it does not use adjectives ands the reader cannot picture what the scene looks like. This morbid tone is shared by Eighty One Years Old. The same poet writes these poems and Elizabeth Jennings could intentionally do this, in that respect is nothing, which can be use metaphorically to compare the morbid ness of death. This is completely different to the mental imagery used in Warning, it is bright and uses warm colours even though it is dealing with a painful subject. The reason for this is that she is welcoming old age,When I am old I shall wear royal.Old Man Asleep is written in the first person narrative, which is the same method used in cardinal years old this makes it an autobiographical piece. The difference mingled with Old Man Asleep and the other poems is its structure. Every fifth line is indented, and does not need a full stop to abstain a line. The content is also different. It talks about a man loathed by those around him and ignores the help given to him. There is only one person who loves him his wife who is blinded by love so she does not see his cold exterior.All are afraid, except his wife who must Have unbroken the image of Him being gentle, does not see hes changed.This old man could have once being choice and has found it hard that he has nothing left so he treats life and those around him bitterly.Eighty-One years old is similar to Old Man asleep each line starts with a swell letter, but it has a difference as it rhymes iron a regular basis to the pattern of (ABBACC), it is the only poem which rhymes. The content is als o different. It talks about a woman who is cared for, but she does not care she wants to be left to shrink and die. This is similar to Old Man Asleep as it also written in the fist person narrative. It also deals with death and the way the elderly depend on others. The people in both these poems are the same, they feel wasted and want these patients to die, but they hide their feelings as they are at work.And guilty thoughts, no doubt, will come To nurses who had wished her deadThe setting for this poem is a hospice, that is why Elizabeth Jennings mentions peace as that is the conception of a hospice to offer not a cure but spiritual peace for the patient.Even the priest who brings the Host Cannot provide the peace but stays To join in mumbled words of praise.This point is gain ground proved as people are always around a patient in a hospice so when they die they know they were not alone.And that is what she longs for most- To be alone, when no one stands With filled but with unh elping hands.In Warning by Jenny Joseph, the title suggests and sums up the poem. It is optimistic, she is warning those around her she is changing and the difference between this and the others is that she shows a positive attitude to ageing gracefully and wants to enjoy it whilst the other characters in the other poems cannot wait to die.And make up for the sobriety of my youth. (Warning By Jenny Joseph)She wants to die and all of us admit although we do not say (Eighty-One years old by Elizabeth Jennings)He hates, yet wants, our pity, Having so little time To find compassion for his own near death (Old Man Asleep by Elizabeth Jennings).Another difference is the tone it is lively, whilst the others are metaphorically dark. This poem, which has a different narrative mode for each stanza.When I am Old is when she starts to daydream of what life will be like for her. You can wear this is a conversation with someone. She assertively suggests what she is going to do.I shall go out in my slippers in the rain.A difference to the other poems is that it is written child like. A child uses long sentences and regularly repeats itself to get its point across. This is shown in the poem as there is a lot of repetition of And and shall. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer glovesI enjoyed reading all three poems as it gave a insight into the life of an elderly person, the poets deal with the same topic but they have a different view towards it. Elizabeth Jennings poems have more similarities, than differences compared to Jenny Josephs. This is because even though they are different poems they are written by the same poet and so will share some attributes.I believe these are uncorrupted poems as they share the same theme old age, I have shown similarities and difference, which show the likeness of these poems, but how they are different especially with their views.