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    The poem reflects on the aging process through vivid descriptions of the physical and mental changes that have occurred to the subject of the poem. Imagery of faded strength, duller senses, and abandoned liveliness paint a portrait of old age. The wistful tone expresses both sadness over lost abilities but also appreciation for what the subject was once able to do.

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    The poem reflects on the aging process through vivid descriptions of the physical and mental changes that have occurred to the subject of the poem. Imagery of faded strength, duller senses, and abandoned liveliness paint a portrait of old age. The wistful tone expresses both sadness over lost abilities but also appreciation for what the subject was once able to do.

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    The poem reflects on the aging process through vivid descriptions of the physical and mental changes that have occurred to the subject of the poem. Imagery of faded strength, duller senses, and abandoned liveliness paint a portrait of old age. The wistful tone expresses both sadness over lost abilities but also appreciation for what the subject was once able to do.

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    1K views14 pages

    At 84

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    Nichole Maude
    The poem reflects on the aging process through vivid descriptions of the physical and mental changes that have occurred to the subject of the poem. Imagery of faded strength, duller senses, and abandoned liveliness paint a portrait of old age. The wistful tone expresses both sadness over lost abilities but also appreciation for what the subject was once able to do.

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    Sophie N.

    Bamwoyeraki
    Your teeth have fled their nest.
    Dust rules over the Holy Book.
    Untouched buttons of your radio look on.
    Curtain folds are like a nurse’s starched uniform.
    Your soup bowl has become a roach’s pool.
    Your appetite is painted with dull colours.
    Your walking stick is the centre in the spider’s handcraft.
    Vivacity basks in a second childhood.
    The sturdy voice that bounced on walls is now drained.
    The kite-sharp eyesight simmers on dying fire.
    Your countenance is the light of a fast sinking sun.
    Muscles of steel now soft like newly ground corn.
    Humour has abandoned your garden.
    Where are the mighty hands that lifted me when I fell?
    Silent weeds strangle years.
    Tendrils of life are tangled up and bewildered.
    Your worm-eaten garb sways in the wind.
    My eyes well up and rage weighs my throat down.
    You are the mahogany never meant to shed his leaves.
    • Theme: “We appreciate things when it’s
    gone”.
    • Tone: Wistful and Nostalgic
    • Sound and Rhythm: Free Style, No rhyme
    words were used.
    • Point of View: 2nd Person Point of View
    • Language and Imagery
    • Personification
    • “Your teeth have fled their nest”.
    • “Dust rules over the Holy Book”.
    • “Untouched buttons of your radio look on”.
    • “Where are the mighty hands that lifted me when I
    fell”?

    •Simile
    • “Curtain folds are like a nurse’s starched uniform”.
    • “Muscles of steel now soft like newly ground corn”.
    • Metaphor
    • “Your soup bowl has become a roach’s pool”.
    • “Your walking stick is the centre in the spider’s
    handcraft”.
    • “Your countenance is the light of a fast sinking sun.
    • “You are the mahogany never meant to shed his
    leaves”.
    • “Humour has abandoned your garden”.
    • “Your appetite is printed in dull colors”.
    • Vivacity- the quality or state of being
    happy and lively.
    • Countenance- person’s expression
    When life gets tough,
    Always remember
    Your sweet success,
    Came from your struggles When the seasons change,
    Your best stories, Always remember
    Came from your limitless tries Spring: Innocence
    Your wide smiles, Summer: Exuberance
    Came from your deep scars Autumn: Reverence
    We grow bolder. Winter: Perseverance
    When you grow older, W grow better.
    Knees getting weaker, Life is precious and
    Skin getting looser, Age is just a number
    Eyes getting duller, We can’t help getting older
    Always remember But I don’t mind
    We grow riper. As long as we were together.
    Make a two stanza
    poem as a response
    to the poem.
    With the use of cut out
    article in a newspaper,
    blackout the words that
    will result/form an image
    that symbolizes the poem
    with 1 statement about
    the poetic vision/ theme
    of the poem.
    Bring your parent/
    grandparent through a
    big picture. Introduce
    them, share great things
    about them (creative way
    of presenting)
    Leave last message to
    them.
    Make a hashtag that
    best describes the
    poem and explain
    why is that so.
    Write a reflection
    about the poem.

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