old man visits lake sees 59 swan takes place in autumn tone is reminiscent
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Old man visits lake
Sees 59 swan
Takes place in autumn
Tone is reminiscent
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Describes swans in detail, envious
Swans start to fly around
At end, they settle on water
Swans in pairs
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Speaker- William Butler Yeats
Listener- himself and indirectly readers
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Swans symbolize author’s memories
Poem is extended metaphor of his memories
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Autumn- near death
Water and sky calm- no reminiscing
59 swans- odd man out
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19th autumn- swans appear eternal, living in past
Well finished- death
Scatter wheeling in great broken rings- life/memories flash before him
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“I have looked…sore”- can’t relive memories, frustrating
“All’s changed…tread”- memories lift his spirits
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“Unwearied…air”- swans are coupled, seem unchanged, can’t find love
“Their hearts have not grown old”- youthful
“Passion…still”- swans seem passionate, vibrant (memories still fresh)
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“But now they drift on still water”- comes to grips that memories gone
“Mysterious, beautiful”- admires memories so much (that’s why difficult to let go)
“By….away?”- doesn't want to lose memories, know where they’ll be
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Keating › Reminiscent
› Envious
› Enforces Carpe Diem
› Tries to be orderly in chaotic world