... the speaker perception while writing these poems. In the poems "When You Are Old" and "The Song of the Old Mother" by William Butler Yeats, Yeats uses love differently by showing it from a man's view and a mother's view. One poem discusses the love for his beloved who didn't show her ... himself where he says, "But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and loved the sorrows of your changing face." (WBY 7 & 8) Yeats depicts her soul as a "pilgrim", constantly moving and free minded. He also admired "the sorrows of" her "changing face," ... which means her transition from young to old. Y...

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