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Compare the ways 'Old Man, Old Man' and 'Warning' Deal with the theme of old age.
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... Compare the ways 'Old Man, Old Man' and 'Warning' Deal with the theme of old age. The U.A. Fanthorpe poem, 'Old Man, Old Man' and J Joseph's 'Warning', deal with the theme of old age in very contrasting ways. Both deal with similar issues, yet come out with very different views. The first thing we see in both poems is the immediate tone portrayed. 'Old Man, Old Man', starts talking of someone who "lives in a world of small recalcitrant / Things in bottles, with tacky labels", while 'Warning' begins with the colourful image that "When I am an old woman I shall wear purple / With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me". Purple and red tend to suggest a vivid and lurid tone, and the immediate contrast between the two sets the character in "Old Man, Old Man" as being reclusive and isolated, living in his
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