With age, Wisdom

With age, WisdomPoet: Archibald MacLeish By: Andres Pylypchuk

At twenty stooping round about,

I thought the world a miserable place,

Truth a trick, faith in doubt,

Little beauty less grace.

Now at sixty what I see,

Although the world is worse by far,

Stops my heart in ecstasy.

God, the wonders that there are!

Poetic devices Rhyme scheme: ababLine 1: assonance Line 4: OxymoronOctave: eight lines of poetry that have a rhyme schemeTone: Sad in the beginning to being happy at the endInterpretation: life can change from feeling really down to being happy.Shift: from being down on himself to being happy at the end.Narrator spoken

Definition/ dentationStooping: to lower ones moral standards so far so you can do something reprehensible Ecstasy: an overwhelming you get of joy and excitement

Background info on poetArchibald MacLeish Born: May 7th 1892 born in Glencoe, IllinoisDied April 20th 1982 (age 89)Occupations: Poet, Playwright, Librarian of congress, essayist Nationality: AmericanTook part in World War llKnown for drama/poetry

Awards1933: Pulitzer Prize of poetry1953: Pulitzer Prize of poetry, 1953: National book award for poetry, Bollingen Prize of poetry1959: Pulitzer Prize of Drama1977: Presidential Medal of Freedom

InterpretationIt was a message to say that life can change from being sad to happy at some point in life to the reader

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