2. When you are old, white-haired and sleepy, please take this poem down and read it slowly, recalling the tenderness of your eyes and their heavy shadows in the past; How many people love the beauty, hypocrisy or sincerity of adore you when you are young and happy? Only one person loves your pilgrim soul and the painful wrinkles on your aging face. He hung his head and whispered sadly about the disappearance of love by the red fire. On the mountain overhead, he walked slowly, hiding his face among a group of stars.
When You Are Old is a poem written by William Butler Yeats in 1893. This is a passionate and sincere love poem, which was dedicated by Ye Zhi to his friend Maud Gunny. The language of poetry is concise, but the emotion is rich and true. The poet used a variety of artistic expressions. Through in-depth analysis of the artistic expression techniques used by the poet in his poems, such as imaginary imagination, comparison and contrast, image emphasis and symbolic sublimation, the poet's loyal love for Maud Gunny is reproduced. It reveals the insurmountable distance between real love and ideal love.