this poem has rhymes. Is the speaker by reading these rhymes indicating that he or she is young? Maybe the speaker is a young poet and is making known subtly their desire to be like the older poet, or perhaps he or she is old and mocking the younger poets by reciting the rhymes. Older poets according to the speaker, are able to articulate the peaceful beauty of the world and comfort of God while the only thing young poets are good for is making noise and writing about wars and sex (7, 18, 29, 30, 34). This poem again has rhymes and makes complaints, things that are criticized the poem. The poem also verbalizes the beauty of trees and the pensive matter in which the elderly poets perceive things, so who is the speaker? Is the speaker a hypocrite, young or old? It is unclear and may or may not be necessary to understand the poem completely. It is once again left up to the audience to decide.
             The speaker's tone in this poem is reverent when talking about older poets yet it changes to more of a matter of fact and disenchanted quality when speaking about the younger generation. The speaker talks to the audience in a descriptive way in the middle of the poem, giving the audience a clear view of the old poet sitting, with wrinkled face and kind expression (11, 12). The speaker's expressive voice allows the listeners to hear the harshness of the youth "screaming [s] forever" (17) and then in the same stanza the tone quiets down while the "old man listens, and smokes his pipe. . ." (19,20). The audience hears how the brashness of the younger people is offset by the calming effect that the older adults have with the changing tones. Spectators will be able without any effort see where the speaker's loyalty is in
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