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The Lamentation of the Old Pensioner Overview

“Lamentation of the Old Pensioner” is a three-stanza poem by Irish poet WB Yeats. It is a reworking of a much older poem from the beginning of his career, “The Old Pensioner” (1890). This poem explores coming to terms with old age and looking back on lost youth. 

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