1、Appreciation,When You Are Old William Butler Yeats（Ireland）,This poem was written in 1893 and dedicated to Maud Gonne, the woman whom he had loved for all of his life.,When you are old and grey and full of sleep , And nodding by the fire, take down this book. And slowly read, and dream of the soft l

2、ook , Your eyes had once, and of their shadow deep. How many loved your moments of glad grace, And love your beauty with love false or true. But one man love the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrow of your changing face.,And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how lov

3、e fled And paled upon the mountains overhead, And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. Rhyme abba cddc effe,當你老了（冰心譯） 當你老了，頭發(fā)花白，睡意沉沉， 倦坐在爐邊，取下這本書來， 慢慢讀著，追夢當年的眼神， 那柔美的神采與深幽的暈影。 多少人愛過你青春的片影， 愛過你的美貌，以虛偽或是真情， 惟獨一人愛你那朝圣者的心， 愛你哀戚的臉上歲月的留痕。 在爐柵邊，你彎下了腰， 低語著，帶著淺淺的傷感， 愛情是怎樣逝去，又怎樣步上群山， 怎樣在繁星之間藏住了臉。,Techniques of

4、 expression and emotion,Imagination A picture which seemed to be old and clumsy Meanwhile, the picture is warm and fragrant,Contrast contrast between an attractive young girl and an old lady Contrast between other peoples love and his Contrast between reality and imagination,Emphasis The repetition

5、of fire Fire is so warm, but the poet felt despair for his love.,Use of symbols “fire” symbolized “warm”. “mountain” symbolized tough, sublimation “stars” symbolized forever,When I first read this poem, I felt that I want to cry. The poet had declared love for Maud Gonne many times, but he had never get her response. So Yeats could just imagine many years later, when the woman read this poem by chance, she