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20th century poetry comparative essay I am going to look at the theme of old age in the poems 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph and 'Lore' by R.S Thomas. 'Lore' is a verse in which an old man is convincing us that old age will not drag him down. Within each stanza 'Job' speaks about his life and tries to persuade us that he is not affected by old age. - "It will take more than the rain's hearse, wind-drawn to pull me off the great perch of my laugh." In the first stanza it is though someone else is talking, they introduce "Job Davies, eighty-five" and tell us how he has survived the "slow poison and the treachery of the seasons." This portrays Job in a positive way, as a survivor of the winter months. However, it doesn't comment on his happiness or his state of mind, which is conveyed in the...

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