old age sticks
up Keep
Off
signs)&
youth yanks them
down(old
age
cries No
Tres)&(pas)
youth laughs
(sing
old age
scolds Forbid
den Stop
Must
n't Don't
&)youth goes
right on
gr
owing old |
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What is a hypocrite?
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Why might he separate words like
gr-owing and forbid-den and tres-pas-sing?
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Why does he stop the title (and first line) after "sticks"
rather than after "signs"? Ditto with "youth yanks them--down"?
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What is ironic about the last line/stanza?
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What is he trying to say with this poem?
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