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YOUTH AND AGE by THOMAS HOOD

Poet Analysis

First Line: IMPATIENT OF HIS CHILDHOOD
Last Line: "I WISH I WERE MY SON!"
Subject(s): AGING;

IMPATIENT of his childhood,
"Ah me!" exclaims young Arthur,
Whilst roving in the wild wood,
"I wish I were my father!"

Meanwhile, to see his Arthur
So skip, and play, and run,
"Ah me!" exclaims the father,
"I wish I were my son!"



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