Comparing “Warning” By Jenny Joseph and “Old Man, Old Man” By U.A. Fanthorpe

... Comparing "Warning" by Jenny Joseph and "Old man, old man" by U.A Fanthorpe There are many ways of viewing the ever-nearing presence of old age, but we all seem to have different attitudes towards it. There is the one opinion that many of us have and it's the typical stereotyped view that we will slowly, deteriorate physically and mentally, where we will lose the independence, wit and charming looks we once had and will sit in a rocking chair reminiscing with an old photo album whilst awaiting the arrival of death. However there is also a less pessimistic view and that's what Jenny Joseph tries to demonstrate in "warning" and quite the opposite is UA Fanthorpe with "Old man, old man". In the following Composition I will be comparing how Fanthorpe and Joseph analyse old age in their poems. U A Fanthorpe who is quite mysterious when she writes

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