Comparing Ageing in A Crabbit Old Woman and My Grandmother Essay

Ageing in A Crabbit Old Woman and My Grandmother   The 2 metrical compositions, A Crabbit Old Woman and My Grandmother portray the determine of ageing in very divergent ways. In A Crabbit Old Woman the rime is written from the erstwhile(a) chars perspective when My Grandmother is written from the narrators point of view.   The offset of the poem The Crabbit Old Woman starts when the woman is overaged in a treat home and she is expressing her annoyance at the nurses.   What do you see, nurses? When youre looking at me.   The old woman then tells us active each stage and pitch of her life. When she does she uses brief descriptions in the short line.   A bride now at twenty My heart gives a leap   This suggests that she seems regretful that life has passed so speedily and she had wished she had stopped at the time to enjoy what she had. During, and at the end of the poem a variation of the following lines is repeated   Is that what your th inking, Is that what you see? Then broadcast your eyes, Youre not looking at me.   This draws in the attention because it is like the poet is real asking the reader the question, and gives the reader a chance to think about what has just been said. The tone changes frequently during the poem, even when she is describing the life she loved there are a few lines that almost seem to bring the illusion back ... ...s is probably because I had though that girls would be more human and understanding to their Grandmothers. I know this is isnt fair and rather discriminating tho I just got the feeling that the narrator was a boy.   In conclusion, these two poems portray old age as a time in your life when your quality of life deteriorates. The Crabbit Old Woman tells us about how the old women feels about herself and the people who are around her and look after her. On the other hand My Grandmother tells us how the people around an old woman view her and her ways. After reading these poems I feel that I lead look at old people in a different way from now on, and realise they that they were all my age once.