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The poems you have studied focus on the issue of age. Discuss the various attitudes presented in “Tithonus” and two of the modern poems and compare how the poets present their views. With which views do you most sympathise?
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Poems "The poems you have studied focus on the issue of age. Discuss the various attitudes presented in "Tithonus" and two of the modern poems and compare how the poets present their views. With which views do you most sympathise? I have chosen to base my writing on "Tithonus" a pre - 20th Century poem written by Alfred Lord Tennyson, about a man who wanted so much to be with his love Aurora and is now paying the price of eternal life. "Warning recent poem written by Jenny Jones, based upon a woman talking to her husband saying how much she wants to be old and carefree. Plus "Geriatric Ward" a depressing poem written by Phoebe Hesketh, based on the less bags which are the elderly, left to waste away in a hospital. Firstly I would like to deal with "Tithonus" this pre 20th Century poem is largely based around the...
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