The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:poetry
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:performance_art
gptkbp:addresses the reader directly
gptkbp:author gptkb:W._H._Auden
gptkbp:contains gptkb:metaphor
symbolism
imagery
gptkbp:conveys a sense of melancholy
a sense of resignation
a sense of wisdom
gptkbp:critical_reception well-received
gptkbp:evokes reflection
empathy
gptkbp:examines the passage of time
the nature of existence
gptkbp:explores social issues
emotional depth
human experience
gptkbp:features first-person perspective
reflections on life
contemplation of death
gptkbp:form lyric poem
gptkbp:genre modernist poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner
gptkbp:included anthologies of poetry
gptkbp:influenced later poets
gptkbp:influences Romantic poetry
modernist literature
gptkbp:inspired artistic interpretations
gptkbp:is_analyzed_in gptkb:literary_criticism
gptkbp:is_considered_as a significant work
gptkbp:is_part_of 20th-century literature
gptkbp:is_referenced_in literary discussions
gptkbp:is_studied_in academic settings
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:motif nostalgia
disillusionment
regret
gptkbp:notable_quote “ I am old and I am tired.”
gptkbp:part_of Auden's collection of poems
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:Faber_and_Faber
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:1940
gptkbp:related_to W. H. Auden's other works
gptkbp:setting post-war England
gptkbp:style conversational tone
gptkbp:theme gptkb:loss
gptkb:memory
aging
gptkbp:utilizes rhetorical questions
gptkbp:written_in free verse
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Collected_Poems_of_W._B._Yeats
gptkb:The_Collected_Poems_of_William_Butler_Yeats
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6