Old Man Asleep

This essay aims to take how three poems are similar in some ways unless yet divers(prenominal) in some circumstances. Two of them are pen by the same poet and so should theatrical role some characteristics, which she uses throughout her writing.Elizabeth Jennings wrote honest-to-god Man drowsing(prenominal), which is about a lonely old valet de chambre who has no one, alone due to his anger and pride curbks companionship nevertheless rejects it when offered and because of this he cannot wait to die. Elizabeth Jennings as well expresses this feeling of wanting to die in Eighty One Years honest-to-goodness also. The old wo bit in this poem wants to be left alone, but she wont be and so the plainly time she is happy is when she is by herself.Warning by Jenny Joseph is also about old age but it expresses different eyeshots, such as the lady in this poem cannot wait to be old so she can make whoopie it.A similarity percentd by in each(prenominal) three of the poems is that they good deal with old age. Elizabeth Jennings dialog about the house ridden, befuddled old aged soulfulness, whilst Jenny Joseph dialog about the mobile hireling who roams around.Old Man slumbrous has no rhyming pattern, this is a top 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 tone. It is dark as it talks about ending, it provides a vague 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 on place do this, there is nothing, which can be utilise metaphorically to compare the morbid ness of death. This is completely different to the imagery used in Warning, it is bright and uses warm colours even though it is dealings with a painful subject. The reason for this is that sh e is welcoming old age,When I am old I shall wear purple.Old Man Asleep is written in the first person narrative, which is the same method used in 81 years old this makes it an autobiographical piece. The discrimination among Old Man Asleep and the other poems is its structure. Every fifth job is indented, and does not need a full stop to finish 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 aim kept the image of Him being gentle, does not see hes changed.This old man could have once being superior 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 distributively line starts with a capital letter, but it has a difference as it rhymes irregularly to the pattern of (ABBACC), it is the only poem which rhymes. The content is also different. It talks about a woman who is cared for, but she does not care she wants to be left to wither 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(prenominal) these poems are the same, they feel wasted and want these tolerants 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 out of workThe setting for this poem is a hospice, that is why Elizabeth Jennings mentions peace as that is the purpose 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 further turn out as people are always around a patient in a hospice so when they die they know they were not alone.And that is wh at she longs for most- To be alone, when no one stands With filled but with unhelping 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 waterlessness of my youth. (Warning By Jenny Joseph)She wants to die and all of us moderate although we do not say (Eighty-One years old by Elizabeth Jennings)He hates, yet wants, our pity, Having so little time To find clemency 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 style for each stanza.When I am Old is when she starts to woolgather of what life will be like for her. You can wear this is a con versation 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 boor 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 good poems as they share the same theme old age, I have shown similarities and difference, which show the comparison of these poems, but how they are different especially with their views.