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'When You Are Old' Summary

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William Butler Yeats is an Irish poet and one of the greatest poets in the English Language in the 20th century. He was awarded Nobel Prize for literature in 1923. He is one among the great love poets of the world.

 ''When You Are Old'' is a love poem addressed to the poet’s beloved Maud Gonne who was the most beautiful young lady of his time. She is believed to be the inspiration behind this poem.   The tone of the poem is one of melancholy. W.B. Yeats imagines her future years and his true love in future. He repents over her divergent attitude who fails to understand his spiritual love.  The poet begins the first stanza addressing her imagining her to be in her old age. The lady will be very old approaching her peaceful years. She then opens the book of poems penned by the poet. As she starts to read slowly, she is taken back in time to recollect her past when she had innocent looks in her eyes and sadness hidden in the looks of her eyes.  The poet  also says that his beloved would also regret how many  loved her physical grace but only the poet worshipped her Pilgrim soul even as her face changed. At last, the lady will grieve over the loss of her True Love fleeing from her and joining a crowd of stars very distant from her. Thus the poet expresses his true intentions while his beloved fails to understand.




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  1. Unknown27 August 2018 at 07:18

    Nice summary

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  2. Unknown18 September 2018 at 02:33

    Thank you soo much sir. It's very helpful.

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  3. Unknown9 October 2018 at 03:14

    Thanks so much.....it's really helpful

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  4. Unknown12 October 2018 at 15:34

    In comprehentio 1, the choice questions answeres r given differently

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  5. Unknown10 November 2018 at 22:06

    puc books have very boring literature as opposed cbse. Cbse books have classics and are so much more enjoyable. 💩

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  6. Unknown9 December 2018 at 05:45

    Just awesome work .

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  7. Unknown15 March 2019 at 13:42

    Unbelievably amazing, what a summary ,quotes from Shakespeare is amazing, what a thought, the valuator will be bound to give full marks for these answers, how on earth can he give even a half mark less. Superb, i am a student of you,anoop.I love each sentence you have used.i can see the hardwork behind this. Thanks a lot 😍 🙏

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  8. Unknown13 July 2019 at 08:52

    5th answer of 1 mark the answer should be "old age" right if I am wrong please reply

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    1. Suresh B.T.17 July 2019 at 08:16

      Thanks for your comment. You are right. It also refers to old age.

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  9. Unknown30 September 2019 at 17:04

    Thank you sir your notes very much help full

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  10. Unknown28 October 2019 at 22:21

    Tq sir

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  11. Unknown30 October 2019 at 19:11

    Was very helpful for me during the time of my exams
    Thank you very much

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  12. Unknown23 January 2020 at 08:40

    Really helpfull

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  13. Unknown27 February 2020 at 21:59

    extraodinary notes and summary simple to understand easier to remember thank u for u r supports

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  14. Unknown19 March 2020 at 19:38

    Perfect summary

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  15. Unknown20 March 2020 at 05:33

    Thank you sir

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  16. Unknown13 June 2020 at 19:39

    Hello sir, if there is any question is asked for our exam from this chapter, shall I write this summary only.

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  17. Mohammad Kaif16 June 2020 at 19:03

    Very help full summaries.

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  18. Unknown17 June 2020 at 09:50

    Thank you sir this summary is very helpful

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  19. Unknown9 September 2020 at 01:23

    It's really help nice summery writing sir good work sir 👌👌👌🥰

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  20. Unknown16 October 2020 at 12:27

    Thanku sir it is very helpful for me

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  21. Unknown11 March 2021 at 07:10

    Sir can I write this summary to all 4 mark questions

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  22. Unknown21 April 2021 at 11:17

    Dear sir please make a summary on Tintern Abbey please

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    1. Suresh B.T.22 April 2021 at 08:51

      Hi!
      Interesting! I'll do it with pleasure. But, in which which syllabus is it included?

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  23. Unknown17 December 2021 at 10:10

    Thank you sooo much it helped a lot.........

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  24. Nithin24 January 2023 at 08:46

    Best summary ever Thanks sir ✨👌🏻

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  25. Ruqhiya26 January 2023 at 18:13

    It was a great help thank you so much🙂😊

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    1. Suresh B.T.20 February 2023 at 21:20

      Hi
      Pleasure to know. Thank you for your comment.

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