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When You Are Old · 2011
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Love is personified as a figure who has fled into the mountains and hidden among the stars. The closing image turns a future recollection of lost affection into something distant and unreachable.
Sources (1)
- Poetry Foundation: When You Are OldWhen You Are Old, complete poem, final stanzaReference checked
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