Woody Allen “Life Backwards”
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WOODY ALLEN“LIFE BACKWARDS”BY, ZACH HODGIN
BACKGROUND INFORMATION• Woody Allen, born Allan Stewart
Konigsberg, was born on December 1, 1935
• Screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, poet, and musician
• Career has spanned five decades• Born in the Bronx and raised in
Brooklyn, New York • Studied communication and film at
New York University• Written and directed twelve plays and
over fifty movies
AWARDS• Nominated for twenty-four Academy Awards and won four.• Nominated for twenty-two British Academy of Film Awards
and won nine. • Nominated for thirteen Golden Globe’s and won two.
QUOTES• I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be
there when it happens• The talent for being happy is appreciating and
liking what you have, instead of what you don't have.
• Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable
POEMIn my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day.
You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day.
You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school.
You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born.
And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap
ANALYSIS• Slight rhyme – “out of the way…better every day”• The language used in “Life Backwards” is informal and
casual.• The poem was written for comedic reasons
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