The Attitudes of the Poets in Warning and Old man Essay -- Jenny Josep

The Attitudes of the Poets in Warning and Old cosmosBoth poems represent a picture of emeritus age. Jenny Josephs view of whatshe imagines life will be like, and her expectations, where-as U AFanthorpes observation of old age, is of her engender, and is writtenfrom her own experience.Jenny Joseph sees old age as a positive experience. She seems tobelieve she will be free from responsibility.I shall go out in my slippers in the rain.She suggests these are the things she would approve to do now, but ifshe were to actually do these now, people would disapprove of heractions. She assumes that when she gets old, others will accept infantile actions.Jenny Joseph does not see herself unable to do anything that she dismissdo at the moment. Her picture of old age is one of being active.Sit down on the pavement when Im tired.She sees this as being a childish act, as she would not considersitting on the pavement now. She does not think about the restrictionsthat old age bring.In Old man, o ld man Fanthorpe presents a picture of her grows oldage. He is unable to do many things he once could do.Now his hands shamble among clues===================================Fanthorpes father could once do these things for himself but now heneeds the help off the other people. Fanthorpe raises issues that arenegative towards old age, and how old people are like children, the musical mode they become dependant on others.Most of the behaviour described in both poems is childish. JennyJoseph seems to see age as a second childhood. plunge the flowers in other peoples gardensShe sees this an act that children can get away with, she also seesthis as a step into a new freedom, where as Fanthorpe... ...cking her father, at his expense, psyche suggestinganother to be the lord of something is of high status, and so it isfunny as it is only a shed.There is also a sense of sadness to the poem, as she recounts of herfather not being good with her when she was young.Not good with daughtersI bel ieve that the motive for this is because of his interests inD.I.Y rather than the more necessary and essential things in life.Fanthorpes father has seemed to lose all-important aspects of hischaracter, even the aspects that were dislikeable about hispersonality. He has begun to be dependent on other people, and isunaware of what is happening.I think both poems represent wit and compassion. Jenny Josephrepresents the bright and optimistic observations of old age,where-as Fanthorpe raises depressing and discouraging visions of oldage.