Compare the ways ‘Old Man, Old Man’ and ‘Warning’ Deal with the theme of old age Essay

The U.A. Fanthorpe poem, over-the-hill homosexual, hoar bit and J Josephs warn, deal with the theme of old age in very distinguishing instructions. Both deal with interchangeable issues, yet come out with very different views. The first thing we see in twain poems is the immediate tone portrayed. Old Man, Old Man, starts talking of someone who lives in a valet de chambre of small recalcitrant / Things in bottles, with tacky labels, while sample begins with the colourful image that When I am an old womilitary personnel I shall wear purple / With a red hat which doesnt go, and doesnt suit me. Purple and red tend to suggest a vivid and lurid tone, and the immediate contrast between the deuce sets the character in Old Man, Old Man as being indrawn and isolated, living in his own confined world, while in Warning we see the author sounding forward to old age, seeing it a time for enjoyment of life.Old Man, Old Man continues to rationalise to the reader how old age brings dete rioration and isolation to people, talking of how small things distress and having his hands shuffling among clues, implying that old age brings more constraint and misery to a person, while we see that in Warning the coming of old age will give the author an exc single-valued function to break societys constraints, such as dressing strangely and wasting money on brandy and summer glovesand say weve no money for aloneter.A strong sense of bitterness and distress is created in Old Man, Old Man as the author describes a regimented, authoritarian past world, which has gradually worsened into a narrow, passionless one. The man is seen to be upset by small incidents, have a deteriorating sense of humour and vision, and, patronage his age, is still attempting to impose order on his world with his timetabled cig bette. The mans previous interests ar belittled by using sarcastic phrases such as Lord once of shed, garage and garden, marching us that this man used to only be able to con trol his environment, and now he has lost the hammer, he cannot even do this.The traditional view of eccentricity is portrayed in two(prenominal) poems, however, Joseph also adds an element of set downdom, showing her rebellion against taste and sobriety. Her excitement is shown in the language with the excessive use of the word and as well as the enjamberment, which stress the enthusiasm she has, and showing her to be breaking free of the rules of language in the same way she will break free from the rules of society. Further rebellion is shown as she talks of running her stick along the public railings and learn to spit. Sprawling sentences such as You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat / And eat three pounds of sausages at a go portray her excitement, as well as anticipation. Use of words such as I, and shall give a sense of force and individuality.Both poems have a sympathetic structure, as they trip from past to bear in their tense. In Old Man, Old Man, we see a bear upon to the present as Fanthorpe writes presently television has no power to arouse / Your surliness your wife could supersede on the walls / Those picture of disinherited children. This not only suggests the man has rage pent up inside, but also poses the question as to why the children have been disinherited their fathers love. The description continues as Fanthorpe says Now you ramble / In your talkfretting / At how to find your way. We see here that the man is slipping into a loss of control, and a change of personality.In contrast to this, we see Warning describing a present of constraints while she remains in the sobriety ofyouth. Joseph describes to us the way in which Now we must have clothes that keep us dry / And pay our rent and not unchurch in the street. The word must shows a lack of freedom and constraint in present existence. This verse is designed as a contrast to the previous verse, which had concentrated on the promises of old age. A sense of restraint is portrayed as Joseph lists all the constraints she has in her life. While Old Man, Old Man had showed a deterioration from a more happy existence to a worthless one, Warning tends to show one that has begun with constraint and will end with happiness and freedom.In the utmost verses of Old Man, Old Man, we see a turning points, where the daughter (and author) intervenes, showing that he has literally and metaphorically lost his way in the world with the phrase Where is Drury Lane? In the final verse, we see a slight effectuate of the grim tone, as we can see Fanthorpe prefers her father in this softer, less threatening manner, as the two have become more equal in terms of power. This is shown with the phrase I love / Your failing and Let me find your hammer. Let me / Walk with you to Drury Lane. This marks a point in the poem where the theme is now the relationship with the daughter and father rather than just the father.In a similar way, Warning changes in its theme towards the e nd, but not for the same tone. We see in the final verse Josephs confidence wane slightly, as she says Maybe I out to practise a little nowSo people who know me are not too shocked and affect / When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. This provides a relatively quiet ending, closely an anticlimax, to a colourful, liberated poem, as the tone becomes more restrained and the drive of her dream starts to lose pace. disk shape is also shown as the first and last lines of the poem both talk of wearing purple.In conclusion, both poems take different views in addressing old age, and even though some elements in structure are similar, both contain inherently different views, as Old Man, Old Man is a melancholy remainder of the deterioration the old go through, while Warning shows a more bright outlook, explaining the opportunities and pouch that will follow with the coming of old age. This may be to do with the fact that in Old Man, Old Man, Fanthorpe describes what she has prev iously seen, while in Warning Joseph is merely hypothesising what life may be like in the future.