Song of the Old Mother
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Song of the Old Mother
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"Song of the Old Mother" is a poem by William Butler Yeats that first appeared in The Wind Among the Reeds anthology, published in 1899. The poem echoes Yeats' fascination with the Irish peasantry. Written in first person, the poem explains the difficult chores and struggles of an aged, unfortunate woman and her bitter resentment to the young children, whose worries of fondness and personal appearance pale to insignificance when compared to the toils of the old woman. There is some confusion whe
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Poem by William Butler Yeats
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_of_the_Old_Mother
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2006-04-19T19:33:36Z
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2024-08-30T15:49:52Z
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