Compare and Contrast 'Old Man Old Man' and 'Leaving School' Discussing How each Poet Conveys their Character's Retreat from the Capable Adult World.

... Compare and Contrast 'Old Man Old Man' and 'Leaving School' Discussing How each Poet Conveys their Character's Retreat from the Capable Adult World 'Old Man, Old Man' and 'Leaving School' are both about the crossroads in someone's life and both illustrate the transformation from being one type of person to another. The title of the Fanthorpe poem is lament and modestly conveys that the character is not in the adult world but has retreated from it into old age. The title of the William's poem, however, is ambiguous and misguides the reader into thinking that the character is eighteen and just entering the adult world. Nevertheless this is not true as the boy is retreating from the adult world not entering it. While reading the poem the title keeps reminding the reader of the character's situation and evokes the pity of the reader as it makes it apparent that the boy is

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