In the poem “The Young Man’s Song” by W.B. Yeats, he uses metaphors in this poem. He uses these metaphors to create or add extra meaning in the poem. In this particular poem he uses a penny as the metaphor throughout the poem. It seems to me that this penny meant that the young men's have a wish or should have a wish. I believe that this wish was to find love because of how he used the metaphors in his poem. As you can see adding metaphors in a poem will add meaning in a number of ways for example it will give the readers different ways to interpret the information that is give in the poem. Having a meaning that is straight forward isn’t as fun because that's what it is there is only one meaning, so why have only one meaning when we can interpret many.
Good job! I agree with you that adding metaphors makes the poem more fun or interesting.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. What I understood from this is that he is asking the penny for advice. I also agree that metaphors are important because it gives the reader many ways to interpret something.
ReplyDeleteGreat job! At first I didn't know what he meant by the penny, but this makes sense. Great interpretation.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Great explanation of metaphors!
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ReplyDeleteI never viewed the poem that way! Good job dude!
ReplyDeleteThat's a very interesting take on what the penny represents.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I definitely agree with Hunter. I thought a possibility was that "Penny" is actually a metaphor for the woman that he seeks, or, as Andrew suggested, a token of advice. Xander's thought that it represented a wish is also quite intelligent, as pennies being thrown into fountains is a commonly-known representation of making wishes.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting, I too am pondering what the penny represents in this poem
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ReplyDeleteI think this is very interesting, and I do agree that metaphors are valuable when it comes to poetry. I just had a simple question: Do you think love in this poem is seen as something more then a romantic relationship?
ReplyDeleteGood job!! As Connor said, the idea of the penny representing a wish makes a lot of sense. At first I thought the same as Andrew, that he was asking for advice, but I think you're right.
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