When You Are Old

William Butler Yeats

20 pages 40-minute read

William Butler Yeats

When You Are Old

Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1893

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The fire crackles low as memories of love drift between past and future in Yeats' haunting meditation on time and longing. Test your understanding of this timeless poem about unrequited love and the passage of years.

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